The gold color and various shapes found in Louise Nevelson’s “Royal Tide II” are phenomenal. What is more amazing is how Nevelson could take ordinary materials and objects and in turn create a piece that fits so well together that those objects become unrecognizable unless looked and studied closely. Furthermore the choice to paint the whole thing gold was a wise choice as it further meshes the sculpture together and creates a sort of unity amongst the otherwise odd and abstract shapes. This makes the sculpture look rich, coherent, and elegant.
In contrast to this, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers building The Georges Pompidou National Center of Art and Culture in Paris, is multiple colors. Its bright, vibrant, and young despite being built in 1977. Very much like Nevelson’s Sculpture, there’s a lot of details that mesh together beneath the glow of the bright lights. The scaffolding on the outside reminds me of the borders around Nevelson’s sculpture. What I enjoy most about this building though is the pathway leading up to the multiple stories of the building. It looks like it would be incredibly fun to walk through much as “Royal Tide II” looks like it’d be incredibly fun to see and touch to attempt to identify everything put into it.
As far as differences go, the two have many. First there’s the obvious fact that one is a wall-like sculpture while the other is a large-scale building. One is monochromatic in a rich gold while the Pompidou National Center of Art and Culture is bright with a multitude of colors, lights, lines, an windows. If I had to describe each, I would say that Louise Nevelson’s “Royal Tide II” is a contrast between abstract but still, to me, has an old fashioned feel. However Renzo Piano’s and Richard Rogers’ building is bold, new, and futuristic.
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