Harrison Buddha With Wall

In the sculpture, Buddha with Wall by Rachel Harrison, a Buddha is carved with plastic and has a wooden wall learning against him. In Patrick by Oliver Herring, the sculpture is of a model sitting on a stool. Harrison’s and Herring’s sculptures are similar when discussing size and orientation because they are both life-sized. However, they are different when it comes to the detailing and viewing of the sculptures because of the orientation, the space surrounding the sculptures, and the materials used to create each sculpture. For example, Herring uses digital e-prints and foam, while Harrison uses Portland cement and plastic to create her sculpture. Herring creates open space between the arms, legs, and toes of his sculpture, but Harrison’s
Harrison’s sculpture is for the most part, life-sized because the Buddha’s body weight and height are normal for a human body; however, his feet and hands do not match his body. They are much larger and not proportional because they do not have open space between them which creates the feet and hands to be larger than normal. The other thing that does not seem life-sized is the white golden wall because it seems rather small for a wall, especially comparing and looking at it with the Buddha. Even so, the sculpture over-all is life-sized because he is at my direct eye level and is a reasonable height and size to represent a human body. Patrick is also life-sized; the sculpture is a normal and realistic size of a human body. He is not over muscular or too fit. He is sitting down and hunched over with his arms crossed, all of which makes him more naturalistic. He is not raised up to my eye level, but only because he is sitting down. If I were to sit down in front of him, we could be at eye level, so much so, it would be as if we were having a conversation. The sizing of the sculptures is not the only thing that is in common between Harrison and Herring’s