George Segal:

George Segal was an American painter and sculptor associated with the pop art movement, and many of his sculptures have been created using plaster. 

The first image depicts Multiple humanoid sculpture seemingly walking in different directions, the plaster has been left white and the over head lighting has allowed shadows to be cast onto the floor and onto the bodies of the sculptures. I believe that this allows the pieces to feel even more human as they are casting shadows of themselves just like real people do. When looking at this piece I think there is a feeling of familiarity and comfort that is invoked, these pieces seem to have on everyday outfits and are going about their lives just like us or the people we know. They are each dressed slightly differently and seem to be living their own lives, and some of the sculptures seem to be repeated which I believe is a commentary on how our lives can become mundane and repetitive. 

The second piece has a far darker atmosphere to the first. There are plaster bodies piled on top of each other or sprawled out on the floor, as if they have been tossed onto the ground without care. Behind a barbed wire fence with one looking out at the viewer. The setting of the piece creates imagery of a prison camp and when looking at the piece as a whole I think that there is a serious and harsh atmosphere. The bodies have been piled up as if they are dead and the one person left alive is looking out beyond his cage with longing and despair. I believe that this piece could be a commentary on the way prisoners are treated and how they are seen as less than human, they are just bodies in a pile. The setting and surroundings add to the harsh and brutal feeling of the piece, it's barren and void of life which I think invokes an uncomfortable and unsettling feeling for the viewer.