Magdalena Akanowicz Nierozpoznani ("The Unrecognised Ones") 2002Ĭytadela park, Poznań, Poland ( whole installation) photo by Radomil If they were closed, they would appear to have density, or mass. Because the figures are open they allow a glimpse of what the inside of a sculpture looks like, (including welded together sections of separate castings). This group of sculptures by Magdalena Akanowicz have actual volume they are three-dimensional. A copy is kept in the: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Signed and dated bottom center: RHL 1630. Rembrandt Van Rijn Self-portrait in a cap, with eyes wide open, etching and burin, 1630 In actuality, however, it is a two-dmensional (flat) artwork, a print. This self portrait by Rembrandt is an example of simulated, or implied volume. Volume (three-dimensionality) can be simulated in a two-dimensional work (like a painting). If you take a shape and give it three dimensions, it has volume.Ī three-dimensional form has volume.
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