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Sculpture Gallery

danbryant — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:57:08 CST

'Form in snow' Feb 2006	'Cave Form 1' Feb 2006	'Cave Form 2' Feb 2006
'Beach Form 1' April 2006	'Acsending Beach Form' April 2006	'Organ Tower' June 2006
'Prone' June 2006	'Invertebrate Vertebrae' Feb 2008	'Pin Hole' Feb 2008

GPS Co-ordinates

danbryant — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:49:27 CST

'Invertebrate vertebrae' Feb 2008'
N 51deg 11.271'
W 003deg 29.378'
Elevation 804'
Google Earth format: 51 11.271 N, 003 29.378 W

'Pin-Hole' Feb 2008.
N 51deg 10.973'
W 003deg 29.668'
Elevation 92'

Google Earth format: 51 10.973 N, 003 29.668 W

'Sea Horse' Feb 2008.
N 51deg 12.501'
W 003deg 26.874'
Elevation 26'

Google Earth format: 51 12.501 N, 003 26.874 W

'Water Wheel' Feb 2008.
N 51deg 10.383'
W 003deg 30.556'
Elevation 276'
Google Earth format:
51 10.383 N, 003 30.556 W

'Spark Plug' March 2008.

N 51deg 09.968'

W 003deg 29.753'

Elevation 426'

Google Earth format: 51 09.968 N, 003 29.753 W

'Rubber Dragon' March 2008.

N 51deg 09.740'

W 003deg 29.570'

Elevation 469'

Google Earth format: 09.740 N, 003 29.570 W

'After Georges'November 2008
N 51deg 11.04'
W 3deg 22.33'
Elevation 27m
Google Earth format: 51 11'04.58"N 3 22'33.45"W

'Yoke Jetty' December 2008.
N 51deg 05.03'
W 3deg 32.24'
Elevation 192m
Google Earth format: 51 05'03.13"N 3 32'24.75"W

'Ice peak#1'December 2008.
N 51deg 05.12'
W 3deg 32.20'
Elevation 177m
Google Earth format: 51 05'12.59"N 3 32'20.82"W

'Cold Contrast' December 2008.
N 51deg 05.11'
W 3deg 31.29'
Google earth format: 51 05'11.36"N 3 31'29.15"W

'Blue Tension' November 2008.
N 51deg 05.34'
W 3deg 32.14'
Google Earth format: 51 05'34.58"N 3 32'14.99"W

'Reforest' January 2009.
coords to follow.

Updates

danbryant — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:44:09 CST

On returning to visit my sculptures on the 20th February 2008 I was initially relieved to find both 'Pin-hole' and 'Invertebrate Vertebrae' completely intact as I had left them weeks earlier. On arriving at the site of 'Sea horse' however my heart sank a little. The main "body" part that ran along the back of the piece had been removed by somebody. Obviously, being on a stretch of public beach this one was going to be particularly vulnerable to vandalism at human or elemental hands, but I am bewildered somewhat as to why anyone would go to the effort of removing the single-most cumbersome piece of wood used. It would have been interesting to see how long the piece could remain erect as the materials and structure gave it quite a firm and sturdy stance. I think it would be worthwhile to create a similarly engineered sculpture in a more remote area, watch this space!

As for the location of 'Sea horse' due to the abundance of materials in that locale I am sure to be building there again, I shall just have to accept the inevitability of its demise.

Notes on 'Waterwheel'

An alternative way of approaching sculpture in the landscape and my first kinetic piece. Instead of constructing a monument, part of a solid landscape, the 'wheel' interacts with a changing aspect within the landscape.

Water erodes, grinds, pushes, drags and washes with singular intent; to arrive at the ocean.

The waterwheel logs/ catalogues the passing water molecules as they tumble past, keeping tally of travellers on their journey- a census- a turnstile on the underground.

RAIN-----RIVER-----SEA BIRTH-----LIFE-----DEATH.

SCULPTURE AS PHALLUS JANUARY 2009

This commonly held belief about male sculpture does not really apply to my work. Although forms often rise up from the landscape, this is usually dictated by the raw materials and the environment ( my ingredients ) presented to me.Each piece derives its form from these aspects, I merely arrange and re-structure componants to either compliment or contrast with their environment.
'Reforest' is doubtless phallic in shape however the vertical is necessary amongst the trees especially as the subtle desire to comment on the removal of trees is appropriate. The form works in this case to fit in with the landscape while the irregular structure/ segmented componants and missmatched colours and tones helps to separate and highlight the sculpture amongst similar vertical objects.
'Cold Contrast' however is situated in an open field surrounded by more gentle sloping fields and the form mirrors this sympathetically by being more prone with the colours and contrasting materials forming horizontal bands.
SKY
HILLS
ICE
WOOD
EARTH

Links

danbryant — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:32:38 CST

The following websites may be of interest to you.

www.danbryant.blogspot.com
Main web page for up to date information on my current artistic endeavours.

www.geocaching.com
The first stop for learning more about the geocaching phenomenon.

www.everythingexmoor.org.uk
Everything Exmoor is a free encyclopedia, built by the community and business of Exmoor offering information on every aspect of life in the Exmoor National Park. It gathers knowledge of Exmoor in one place and signposts readers to web sites containing more detailed information.

www.portraitpaintingbyartist.com
Online resource for locating portrait artists worldwide.

www.artistportfolio.net
Online resource for viewing artists work.

http://earth.google.com
Fascinating free download that enables stunning interactive global mapping using satellite technology.

dan bryant visual artist Home

danbryant — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:20:19 CST

Welcome to the official home of my ongoing GPS sculpture project, an entirely new way of approaching artwork in the landscape. The basic idea is for a journey into the countryside to yield a sculptural installation on site using only materials found on site.
As my work is instinctive and the materials random, the resulting sculpture is unique to that environment, natural matter (wood, grass, stone) meet man made waste in different combinations and situations all over the landscape.
The exciting aspect of public interaction OUTSIDE the formal setting of the gallery is made possible by borrowing from the new phenomenon of 'geocaching', an on-line community setting treasure hunts using GPS (sat nav) co-ordinates.
On completion of a new work I shall be posting the co-ordinates to enable anyone to share in the experience.
This site then becomes an on-line gallery guest book logging responses and comments. I can accept no liability for any injuries etc that may be incurred while out in the wilderness, equally I cannot guarantee a work will remain as I leave it, the weather, animals and sadly some people can all play a part in the demise of public works. It would be of use to everyone to report their findings here along with photographs.
Don't worry if you don't have access to a GPS device as each site can be located by entering the co-ordinates in Google Earth, which you can download for free at http://earth.google.com .

THE FIRST CO-ORDINATES HAVE NOW BEEN ADDED, CLICK ON THE GPS CO-ORDINATES TAG IN THE NAVIGATION BOX (top left) FOR DETAILS.

Email any questions about my work to danbryantart@yahoo.co.uk and visit www.danbryant.blogspot.com to view other aspects of my art.