With the continuous development of modern art movement, Stone Garden Decor has also entered an era of more freedom. The development of the machine industry has opened up new areas for the application of Stone Garden Decor materials, and many metal processing methods have been used. More than four-fifths of contemporary Stone Garden Decors are made of metal. The factors causing this phenomenon are not accidental. The progress of human civilization is largely attributed to the advancement of metal material processing methods, which makes metals have great advantages-it can be cut, welded, forged, forged, It can also be ground, polished and rusted, which can fully express the functions and aesthetics of various materials such as copper, iron and steel.
After the Second World War, metal products, as the main concept carrier of modern industrial civilization, gradually became the material of choice for Stone Garden Decor. Become the carrier of the artist's concept, reflect the spiritual characteristics of people, endow the Stone Garden Decor with greater descriptive charm, and express the spiritual outlook of the current era.
It should be said that when certain materials are selected by the artist and put into an artistic context formed by themselves or together with other materials, they become a kind of artistic language. In traditional art, because our conceptual understanding of materials is still at the level of knowledge of the external shape of materials, the expressive ability of materials has no autonomy. Although some of its language elements can play a decisive role in the artist and his artistic creation, it is actually controlled by the artist himself, and is forced to become the spokesperson of the artist's thinking and understanding. We can see that bronze, a metal material often used in traditional Stone Garden Decor, is a typical "endorsement" material. In most Stone Garden Decors, it is only the method and thing of materialization of the author's thinking.
With the continuous advancement of science and technology, human beings' ability to understand the world has also greatly improved, and our understanding and concepts of the world and matter are also constantly changing, all of which are also rapidly changing human perceptions of art. This change is most directly manifested in the artist's understanding and selection of materials. "Let the materials speak for themselves" has almost become the self-consciousness of every artist's invention. This modification is particularly notable in the history of modern Stone Garden Decor. In the works of minimalist stone sculptor David Smith, the author did not hesitate to simplify the shape into simple geometry, and even tried his best to hide his own characteristics when creating, making the works more impersonal and objectified, so as to maximize the display of stainless steel. The purpose of the charm of the material itself is to let the stainless steel material speak in the simplest language, and completely give the right to speak to the material.
