Diana Al-Hadid was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1981. She moved to Ohio at age 5 and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Al-Hadid earned her BA in art history and a BFA in sculpture from Kent State in 2003. She earned her MFA in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005. In 2007, she attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her art explores the tension between mass and gravity. It is almost like some kind of science fiction architecture. Some of her works look as though they are melting, though they are solid sculptures. Her sculptures are very interesting to me and I love her use of space.
I included images of three of my favourite sculptures by Diana Al-Hadid. The first is a sculpture called Antonym. I think the contrast of the colours is really appealing. The second sculpture is called Liquid City. I really love Al-Hadid's use of space in this piece. The last one is called The Vanishing Point. I love the space she put under the "steps" and the way she designed the figure is very interesting and different. If Diana Al-Hadid was in our class, I think her trophies would have a lot of space and probably play with mass and perspective. Maybe she would have the trophy balancing on something to create tension or maybe make it look melted.
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