ScottFHallSculpture012

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These pieces comprise one cohesive body of work that art and design professor Scott F. Hall has been creating since 1989 to present. Hall invented this style initially by developing large, entwined spans of figures within drawings which were up to 3.5 meters wide. The drawn figures emerged through a rather automatic process of additive and subtractive mark making which tended to induce pareidolia (visions conjured from the amorphous field). Once noticed in the field, each figure could be elaborated upon to bring it into full view. As an undergraduate sculpture major at that early time, Hall began creating equivalent 3-D imagery focused on a single clay-modeled figure presented in a particular pose, usually in half-bodied form. Throughout this three-decades-long series, Hall's sculptures show figures in a solitary and bound condition. This depiction refers directly to Existentialist philosophy which was of focal interest to him during the late '80s when Postmodern disillusionment reached its peak. Though Hall's philosophical outlook has moved beyond Existentialism and Postmodernism, the stark and quietly tortured look of his figures persists for the sake of consistency. Every sculpture in this series remains untitled, which is appropriately in-sync with the surrogate nature of Hall's figures. In each case, a Hall sculpture begins in white oil-based clay on a small scale, with the height of each figure ranging about 12 to 20 centimeters. Usually, modeling is done entirely with the fingers. Composition of poses happens only during study phases; these always occur prior to actual sculpting of clay. Ultimately, Hall sculpts each figure quickly and from memory. The works produced exhibit high realism, but in an impressionist sense: each viewer is led to interpret each Hall sculpture for themselves. Following the act of sculpting, each clay figure is turntable-scanned, cleaned of stray pixels, and converted to STL file. If some artifacts of digital processing persist (i.e., small areas of faceting), Hall tends to accept these as markers of process. Several of Hall's earliest pieces were molded in silicone and cast in wax, plaster, or resin. The first piece in this series exists as a one-of-a-kind lost wax bronze and remains in the collection of the artist. Contact Scott.Hall@ucf.edu for more information. Visit https://svad.cah.ucf.edu/faculty-staff/?id=92 to learn more about Hall's biography.