For Sightings, I created a video installation exploring the heightened moment of mutual encounter
between art viewer and art object, between works of art and museum visitors and employees.
Not exact matches
I especially like this when it is not just something to observe, but when it includes interaction
between the
art and the
viewer — «something we can eat, drink, watch, touch, feel, smell».
«Our ambition is to create a connection
between the
viewer and the very real
art of building taking place on a live construction project - especially as many of these are located in the very heart of public spaces,» says Art of Building manager Saul Townse
art of building taking place on a live construction project - especially as many of these are located in the very heart of public spaces,» says
Art of Building manager Saul Townse
Art of Building manager Saul Townsend.
«Our ambition is to create a connection
between the
viewer and the very real
art of building taking place on a live construction project.
Michael Haneke has showed a very sadistic worldview throughout most of his films, ranging from the brutal disturbance of Benny's Video to the provocateur whimsy of Funny Games, all of which have divided
viewers between those who accept the
art in his work and those who do not like his heavy - handed, Godardian ethos in feeble pursuance of making his statements.
In 1998, he published his book Relational Aesthetics, which theorized a new style of
art — pioneered by such figures as Pierre Huyghe and Dominique Gonzalez - Foerster — that placed an increased emphasis on
viewer participation and the interaction
between humans surrounding works.
The artists in this exhibition employ a diversity of media to create intriguing experiences that engage the senses, activate the imagination, and provide connections
between the
viewer and the work of
art.
Intended to prompt a three - way exchange
between artist, artwork and
viewer, the assembly of works will raise questions about the meaning and function of the black
art work.
It is a space cut in half, a half - space, one that opens outward toward the
viewer, invites the
viewer into an awareness that they are positioned (as
art is positioned, as poetry is positioned) in a
between - space, a space
between here and there — a theater.
The unfinished has been taken in entirely new directions by modern and contemporary artists, among them Janine Antoni, Lygia Clark, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Rauschenberg, who alternately blurred the distinction
between making and unmaking, extended the boundaries of
art into both space and time, and recruited
viewers to complete the objects they had begun.
Belonging to the generation of artists exposed to Actionist and Performance
Art of the 1960s and 70s, West instinctively rejected the traditionally passive nature of the relationship
between artwork and
viewer.
In more traditional gallery spaces, Martin has blurred the distinction
between the
art object and the
viewer, placing paintings on floors, ceilings, and displayed among household objects.»
Inspired by European artists such as Mondrian and Kandinsky, their bold experiments with space, movement and colour radically transformed the relationship
between art and
viewer.
In this dialogue
between the past and present the
viewer realizes several things: 1) that the history of
art is inextricably political, 2) that human behavior repeats itself no matter how tragic or brutal, and 3) that this cycle of repetition must be broken so personal and societal progress can be made.
Disregarding distinctions
between high and low
art, Fischli and Weiss's work never fails to surprise the
viewer with its arrestingly flat, straightforward humor and the simplicity of their gestures.
In this lively performance inspired by actual interviews, Buntport Theater Company will riff on Still's storied approach, shaping
viewer responses into a performance that blurs the line
between the
art and the
viewer.
«Le Parc set out to «demystify
art» by removing barriers
between the artwork and
viewer,» says PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans.
Power Objects: The Future Has a Primitive Heart, which runs through May 15 at the Urban Institute for Contemporary
Arts (UICA), invites
viewers to explore such connections
between the material and ethereal.
On view from February 2, 2017 — March 31, 2017, the group exhibition curated by Charlotta Kotik examines the dichotomy of power
between the
art object and
viewer.
The entire show consists of six different chapters, each showing different relation
between the body and the space, from a large 8x2 meter charcoal studies depicting football hooligans fighting, four paintings of the skaters in a modern
art museum breaking a series of paintings by Ellsworth Kelly, six black paintings representing the infinite space beyond the surface of the abstract paintings, a cast resin sculpture and a drawing of Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now, all the way to the interactive app that allows
viewers to interact with the works on view.
The series explores the nature of the
viewer's gaze, signs, symbols, mirrors, interior architecture spaces, the spaces
between things, reflections, mediated spaces, and
art discourse.
The eleven artists in Politicizing Space critique and subvert these purportedly aesthetic and artistic gestures by reinterpreting the symbolic mechanisms of control and asking the age - old question about the balance of power
between art object and
viewer.
Built of chiffon, thread, and wood, Jen Pack's Green Bikini and (k) not Entangled use a deconstructed and reconstructed medium to create a dialogue
between the
viewer and
art.
Inverse asks
viewers to re-examine the boundaries we erect
between art and nature by altering and recontextualizing the natural objects that coexist with the sculptures at Lynden.
Often prerecorded animations run on a loop as
viewers walk within the work, ultimately diffusing the boundary
between the exhibition space and the
art.
On October 26th, Ken Johnson's review Minding the Gap
Between Rarefied and Local
Art Culture states, «A video called «Intertextuality» that shows a chicken wandering around on a city street has been altered to give it the high - contrast darks and lights and the intense, fruity color of an Andy Warhol painting... The effect of such works is to conflate in the viewer's mind two habitually separated realms: that of rarefied high art and that of popular culture and ordinary li
Art Culture states, «A video called «Intertextuality» that shows a chicken wandering around on a city street has been altered to give it the high - contrast darks and lights and the intense, fruity color of an Andy Warhol painting... The effect of such works is to conflate in the
viewer's mind two habitually separated realms: that of rarefied high
art and that of popular culture and ordinary li
art and that of popular culture and ordinary life.
In this larger scale, the dialogue
between viewer and the
art itself is intensified in form and impact.
Gonzales - Torres» works exist as fleeting interactions
between the work and the
viewer, and are an extension of the aesthetic of the 1960s, when happenings and conceptual
art favoured the artistic idea rather than the aesthetic object.
I'm a contemporary visual artist interested in the high life and lowlifes of everyday culture working with public spaces to stimulate a dialogue
between non-traditional
art audiences and the incidental
viewer.
They strove to challenge and transgress the traditional dictums of
art making, to transport
art into new spaces, to create an experience for the
viewer, and to dissolve boundaries
between nature,
art and technology, all with an optimistic enthusiasm and unrestricted aesthetic.
Working to establish balance and harmony
between cultural extremes, his unique style of working references both western pop
art and eastern artistry as he strives to re-invent a concept of beauty that's welcomed by
viewers from all cultural heritages.
In an interview with Southwest
Art, Gordon explains, «The horse is the bridge between me, the art, and the view
Art, Gordon explains, «The horse is the bridge
between me, the
art, and the view
art, and the
viewer.
Not only does Thomas upset the power dynamics at work
between passive sitter and active
viewer, which structure the history of
art, she makes a case for upsetting a gendered dynamic beyond the space of the picture.
Dissolving the barriers
between the
viewer and the
art object, the imaginatively designed golf course is reliant on audience participation not only to keep the ball rolling, but also to provoke thought.
While the exhibition considers the
art historical background of the relationship
between artwork and
viewer, and its growing status over time, it asks, how do these works engage and forge relationships with audiences in distinctively different ways from any other works of
art?
This essay from Phaidon's
Art in Time explores the participatory movement, which saw a blurring of the line
between artist and
viewer.
In late June, the artist will launch his «Invisible
Art Project,» which will allow guests to interact with the massive wood installation via a free custom augmented - reality app (the most advanced yet of its kind), which will create completely three - dimensional, real - time virtual «Harmoniums»
between the massive wood image and the
viewer.
The gallery strives to introduce collectors to new horizons through visual, sound, or conceptual experience, as well as opening communication to develop a relation
between the
viewer and the
art.
Her work often blurs the line
between life and
art, leaving the
viewer with an onslaught of questions: Is this the real her?
The project aims to explain to the
viewer how
art investigates and comments on the processes of everyday interactions
between people and the world, how contemporary
art practices interpret the current condition of disappearing transitions from object to subject, from nature and culture to conceptions of the world as a collective process.
In this podcast, recorded on January 25, 2009, at the National Gallery of
Art, the conversation centered on such topics as the relationship
between the photograph and the
viewer, the essential characteristics (if any) of photographs, and issues of realism and literalism, narrative and theatricality.
The unlikely pairing of Duccio and Caro encourages the
viewer to appreciate both works in a fresh light, drawing more general comparisons
between recent work and the
art of the past.
He believed he was able to create a more direct dialogue
between art and
viewer by creating two - dimensional abstract sculptures.
By encountering, examining, and considering Open / Close,
viewers are encouraged to establish links
between the exhibited works and their surroundings so that they might reexamine how
art and visual culture often overlap.
In a similar vein, work by Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933) addresses the spectator directly through a mirrored surface, blurring the line
between the space of the work and the space of the
viewer, unifying
art and the changing realities of everyday life.
Like his sculptural works which the artist invites us to touch, Dean examined the potential for multiple meanings at the moment of exchange
between art work and
viewer
Art was a threesome, Duchamp believed,
between artist, object and
viewer.
The act of assembling physical elements adds a tactile layer to the video
art which integrates the props and in doing so breaks the boundaries
between us as
viewers and the artist themselves as we are reminded that they have actively engaged with what appears on screen.
He treated installations as theater, a breakdown of the intimate relationship
between art and its
viewer.
He produced these architectural transformations, installations, objects and drawings that challenged
viewers» everyday distinctions
between art and non-
art.