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Alberto Giacometti •Born in1901, in Borgonovo, Switzerland.

•His father was Post-Impressionist painter.

•Impressed by work of Paul Cézanne.

•Deeply influenced by African and Egyptian art.

•Member of the surrealist movement (dreamlike or fantasy art).

•A friend of Picasso in 1940s

•Work deals with Post –World War II societal isolationism and the aftermath of the horrors of the War.

•Giacometti died January 11, 1966.

“Each person is isolated within his/her own existence.”

-Alberto Giacometti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf2zbPJJLro

Static - Unmoving

Spoon Woman

1926

Bronze

Alberto GiacomettiNose1947Bronze

S p a c e

Woman of Venice IX (Femme de Venise

IX), 1956;

Elongated form

Isolated

Tortured surface

Angled base

Installing an exhibition

City Square, 1948, Bronze, 8.5 x 25.75 x 17.25 inches

People look like their dogs ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….and……….. . . . . .

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Woman with Her Throat Cut

How does the relationship of more than one figure change the message of the piece?

Not Static------------------------------------------------ Implied Gesture

Human

scale

changes

your

perception.

Surface

texture by

formation

What are the similarities in the way that Giacometti draws and sculpts?

Gestural / Slashing drawings.

E l o n g a t I o n of the figure