Helene Brandt
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Helene Brandt works in New York, New York
as a sculptor. She is the daughter of an inventor and sculptor.
, but it started with dance
. She began sculpting when she was no longer fully satisfied by dance. Helena did not like how she could not look at what she was doing and that once the dance was over all that was left was the joy of doing it. She learned she could put more into sculpting and once she was finished her work still existed, this caused her to pursue in sculpting. She connects dancing with sculpting through visual and visceral ways.
and spends a lot of time in the woods which is where most of her ideas come from. The form of branches, roots, and the tree its self greatly effect her on her work. Helena used to bend her tubes to make them smooth, now she heats them to give them kinks, twists, and turns for more effects like a tree
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In 1974 she was given forty used bicycle
parts which she created the two seated rocking drum in 1977 which is where two people sit back to back and rock as the play music on raw hid devices.
in 1985 and did a good bit of studying in Japan
New York City
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as a sculptor. She is the daughter of an inventor and sculptor.
Biography
Raised in a family of creativity, Helena always had a love for artArt
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, but it started with dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
. She began sculpting when she was no longer fully satisfied by dance. Helena did not like how she could not look at what she was doing and that once the dance was over all that was left was the joy of doing it. She learned she could put more into sculpting and once she was finished her work still existed, this caused her to pursue in sculpting. She connects dancing with sculpting through visual and visceral ways.
Sculpting
Helena uses steel tubing to sculpt her work, normally doing so around her body some being like a cage others more open. Helena is very fond of natureNature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...
and spends a lot of time in the woods which is where most of her ideas come from. The form of branches, roots, and the tree its self greatly effect her on her work. Helena used to bend her tubes to make them smooth, now she heats them to give them kinks, twists, and turns for more effects like a tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
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In 1974 she was given forty used bicycle
Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....
parts which she created the two seated rocking drum in 1977 which is where two people sit back to back and rock as the play music on raw hid devices.
School
Helena went to school at the Columbia school of Arts, beginning in 1973, and forever changing her view on art making. Awarded Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 1985 and did a good bit of studying in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...