Through film, photographs, sculpture, tropical plants, ambient sound, and hexagonal ceramic objects that serve as both planters and seats, Hartt crafts
an environment for contemplation of the Habitat project.
Early on he decided that monastery life would provide the best
environment for contemplation and writing.
Displayed in stark white - on - white galleries, the sealed vitrines become hermetic
environments for contemplation or even mourning as these silenced objects of ritual, play, and aesthetic devotion seem to have reached some form of transcendent afterlife.
Not exact matches
Joseph Fessio notes: «It's about heart change, an «integral ecology» that recognizes that «We are not God» and proposes «redefining our notion of progress» and adopting a «responsible simplicity of life, in grateful
contemplation of God's world, and in concern
for the needs of the poor and the protection of the
environment.
«Ultimately artist Anthony Goicolea's design was recommended by the Commission and selected as a result of the circular layout and permanency of the bronze stones that expressed the uncompromised strength of LGBT community, marries well within the sites natural
environment, invites sitting and
contemplation and stands
for equality, fairness, justice, and equal rights
for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens,» the state parks department said in its statement.
In series such as South Central (1991 - 1993),
for which Steinmetz photographed in and around Knoxville, Tennessee, we see solitary, mostly youthful, figures in a suburban
environment, often lost in
contemplation.
These notes become the basis
for contemplation and a way of rethinking how people engage with or respond to their
environment, creating physical manifestations of thought.
Inspired by the notions of belief and communication, his conceptually polyrhythmic yet elegantly executed works create
environments that function as alternative spaces
for thinking and
contemplation.
The exhibition space has a flexible format and presents a new inclusive and welcoming model
for engaging with the art world which encourages the
contemplation of artworks in a relaxed, open and accessible
environment.
Since then, I have found a place to marry the worlds of literal and conceptual reality and so, in a sense, I'm reaching backwards, taking parts I liked in my earlier work and using the skills and interests that evolved over time and re-making what I have been always searching
for in my work, to make each painting a unique, intimate
environment that invites the viewer to experience and offer
contemplation on a multi-faceted level.