Anthony Perschon

Janet Fotu
Art 1020
25 December 2016

Debroah Butterfield:
Born: May 7, 1949 (Age 67) San Diego, California
Studied at: University of California, Davis (1973)
Now lives in: Bozeman, Montana
QUESTIONS TO ASK:
1. Hey yo, miss Butterfield why you like horses so much huh?
2. Im curious, how long would it take you to finish each of your sculptures
ANSWERS:
1. I had a horse growing up and one day I thought of scultpting him. Having my
horse throughout my youth was something super important to me. Thats why I ended up
sculpting a horse out of mud, clay, and sticks.
2. It usually takes me a lot longer than most people would think. I am not an all
around artist. The only time that I am working is in the winter. So the sculptures that I
have finished usually take a good amount of time. They usually take 3-5 years.

Louise Nevelson:
Born: September 23, 1899 Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Studied at: Arts Students League of New York
Now lives in: New York, New York
QUESTIONS:
1. What do you do while you aren't doing art?
2. Ms. Nevelson why do you only use wood for your sculptures?
ANSWERS:
1. Even when I'm not doing art I'm still doing something artistic. If it's studying
modern dance, taking acting lesson, and voice lessons. I love sharing what I do with
everyone.
2. I decided to be different and go an opposite direction than every other artist and
that was by using wood. People loved that I did something different, and everything
ended up working out.

Balthus:
Born: Febuary 29, 1908 in Paris, France
Studied at: Rue de Furstembrug and the Cour de Rohan
Now lives in: Passed away on February 18, 2001
QUESTIONS:
1. Why do you not show any interest in the modern art, such a cubism?
2. Why do you have a sick obsession with cats
ANSWERS:
1. While I was studying at the art school I was at they tried to teach us about the
modern-day art. I liked it but I wanted to be different from all the others because I knew
being different had a bigger impact. I drew young girls and showed alot of emotion and it
did stand out. Thats what I ended up being known for.
2. The artwork that was featured in a book and it was about a boy with his cat and
the them of the story foreshadowed my lifelong fascination with cats. They are so much
more to me than just an animal. Every cat is different in so many ways, and thats what
makes them unique.

Anderson Model
What is it?
1. Reaction: Deborah Butterfield definitly stood out the most to me. I like how she
stood out from a lot of the other artists. I think its very different that she just used horses
in her sculptures.
2. Perceptual Analysis:
A. Representation: Deborah used natural materials like mud, clay, and sticks in her
early artist days. In her later days she started using metal and reclaimed materials such as
steel and scrap metal. For the past ten years she has been using bronze in her work. She
also carefully selects the pieces that would outline the form of the horse.
B. Formal Analysis: I feel like each one of her sculptures represents something
different and has there own theme to it. Her first horses
C. I first used the horse images as a metaphorical substitute for myself - it was a way
of doing a self-portrait one step removed from the specificity of Deborah Butterfield."[4]
"These first horse were huge plaster mares whose presence was extremely gentle calm.
They were at rest, and in complete opposition to the raging warhorse (stallion) that
represents most equine sculpture. The next series of horses was made of mud and sticks
and suggested that its forms were left clotted together after the river flooded and
subsided. the pieces were dark and almost sinister, reflecting the realization that I was
perhaps more like the warhorse than the quite mares. For me they represented the process
of attitudes and feelings taking shape after a flood of experiences. The materials and
images were to suggest that the horses were both figure and ground, merging external
world with the subject."
What does it mean?
1. Personal Interpretation: The lines of the branches do not simply outline the forms
of horses, they create the contours through an accumulation of simple or energetic lines
that seem to build up from within

2. Contextual Examination: A famous piece that she made recently was Nimbus.
2015. For the pieces I make, the gesture is really more within the body, its like an
internalized gesture, which is more about the content, the state of mind or of being at a
given instant, she said. It took her the amount of time as the other horses that have been
made.
3. Synthesis:
a. Resolution: Whose interpretation is right?
Both the interpretations are right. The contextual Examination is more relevant and
correct. The meaning of the work is a lot to her. Horses were a big part in her life growing up and
they still are as she grows throughout her age.

What is its significance?

1. Evalutation:
a. The work was very successful she put many years into her work to make it
perfect, and it shows while looking and examining her work.
b. Theme is very significant because thats what gives off the subject of the art, and
the thoughts of what the artist was thinking.
c. I first just glanced at her art when I first saw it, and didnt admire it as much, but
when I actually examined all the detail it showed how much effort, and challenges that
she went through to make her work as great as it was.