Isaac Cordal is known for tackling big political issues with his miniature street installations. Made of cement, these mini figures are often costumed in business attire speaking on capitalism and consumerism. In his “Waiting for Climate Change” series, Cordal depicts his little men in eerie situations that often consists of flooding and drowning speaking on both the increasingly unstable weather conditions and also the downfall of society. As creepy as his installations are, there is a subtle humorous charm unique to each of them.
This is super creepy, but pretty cool how he uses the environment around him. We could utilize this for our final project. Makes me start thinking of different ideas. It's interesting because although he tries to bring to mind different political things, when looking at it, I personally don't think right away of the meaning he's trying to get across. With this kind of installation art (I think that's what this is), i think it's important to appreciate the artwork for how it was placed. The cleverness of the artist to find a spot that would allow him to get that meaning across. With that in mind, these pieces are extremely cool because of the different factors in their environment.
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Kevin Hu
4/20/2014 12:05:48 pm
On top of everything mentioned, another thing I really appreciate is the photography in his portfolio. His website shows each installation captured within eye level of the "Cement Eclipses," as he calls the figures. This gives us a perspective that we may otherwise never see, giving each piece more impact and meaning versus simply viewing it in a gallery as we walk around.
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Keola
5/6/2014 04:20:45 am
I think Kevin brings up a key point to not just this art, but every art piece or installation. Many times the thought to consider the audience's perspective is overlooked. Isaac Cordal's installations wouldn't have been nearly as intriguing had we not been introduced to this low to the ground perspective that gives us such a new feeling of smallness to the world we already know. I believe so many artist take so much time conjuring up concepts and rendering and creating their pieces of art, but forget to consider the key step of the audience's perspective.
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