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1. What is the central idea of your concentration? (500 characters maximum)

  The central idea of my concentration is evolution in human society. The materials that are used represent certain periods of human history and the natural resources they used or created. I chose animals because they are resources and without them, humans could not exist. Animals provide food, clothing, physical labor, and are also pets. 

2. How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea?

 Both the deer and hedgehog contain pinecones, wooden sticks, and toothpicks, which represent the early stage of human history when wood was crucial for human evolution.  The chimpanzee and owl show the period of time when human invented plastic products, such as keyboards, wire, and tape. The human head made of ring-pull tabs stands for the use of earth's metal resources and disposable consumerism. The cobra is representative of the evolution of technology, using CDs to address changes in technology similar to how snakes shed their skin. I want the materials in each piece to represent developments in human society and human's use of the earth's resources.

Con. Commentary Questions

1. What is the central idea of your concentration? (500 characters maximum)

My central idea of my concentration is transformation of human society. The different pieces represents how the human society changes by using different materials. The materials tell the things that are invented during certain period of time in human history. The reason I choose different animals to show my idea is throughout the human history, animals have played an important role. Animals not only can be treated as humans’ meals, but also can be treated as pets, made for clothing, and ext.

2. How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples. When referencing specific images, please indicate the image numbers. (1350 characters maximum)

I demonstrate my idea of transformation of human society by making the pieces with different animals' head with various materials. The deer, which is made by pinecone and wood sticks  represents the earlier time in human history when the only tools people had is sharp knife that is made from rock. The Dall sheep that is made mainly by cardboard represents the time period when human started to made papers. (more descriptions will be given after I'm done with each pieces) The last piece will be made from CD, which is the most recent invention. Each of the pieces has its own distinctive material. From the pieces, they show how human society changes rapidly by the changes of materials.

Kevin Francis Gray

Kevin Francis Gray (born in 1972) is a London-based sculptor working in cast resin, bronze and marble. His works merge classical forms of old masters with a gritty, urban aesthetic. Figures cloaked in modern-day street wear are given a meditative, somber quality. Gray’s sculptures project a sense of nobility and admiration for an often marginalized and consciously melancholic inner-city youth subculture.

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

Ronan Bouroullec (born 1971) and Erwan Bouroullec (born 1976) have been working together for about ten years now. Their collaboration is a permanent dialogue nourished by their distinct personalities and a shared notion of diligence with the intention to reach more balance and fineness.
The Bouroullecs work in Paris for clients including Cappellini, Ligne Roset, Habitat, Domeau & Peres, Authentics, EandW, Magis, Vitra and Gallery Kreo. They received the grand prix du jury international at the Paris Furniture Fair in 1998 e de la ville de paris, the best new designer award in New York in 1999, a Compasso d'Oro nomination in 2001 in Milan, and designed the interior for Issey Miyake’s APOC shop in Paris. In 2011, the Centre Pompidou-Metz hosts a major retrospective on the Bouroullec brothers.