While Pistoletto has typically relied on the mirror's reflective surface to seamlessly integrate pictorial space with
the physical space of the viewer, the Scaffali paintings appear to complicate this relationship.
Its swirls of Day - Glo pink, yellow, orange, and blue expand to fill both the visual and
physical space of the viewer, carrying both feminine seductiveness and stereotypical masculine bombast.
Together forming an oasis of color, each painting is dominated by a bright tone and finished with the artist's signature slanted edges, pushing the piece into
the physical space of the viewer.
As obtuse and sardonic as Duchamp may have been, he had still done painting the enduring service of bringing the picture more immediately into
the physical space of the viewer.
Not exact matches
It's just a medium shot with a reasonable depth
of field, but its simplicity allows the
viewer into the
physical and emotional
space of the character.
Her bottom half remains rigid as she extends her arm backward into
space, giving her the appearance
of swimming, falling from flight, or reacting to a
physical stimuli the
viewer can not see.
The so - called expansion
of course is into sculptural and installation - type manifestations
of painting, where the
space of the
viewer is often encroached upon by
physical elements in the artwork.
The floating cube responds to unique visitor interaction: although the audience plays the role
of an active observer, the
viewer's relationship to the
physical space is called into question.
-- moves the
viewer beyond the
physical object into a
space of introspection.
While drawing the
viewer in, Rachel MacFarlane aims to create an illusion by emphasizing the
physical attributes
of the painting as an object in
space.
Throughout the duration
of the exhibition, her performers continuously enact a form
of live installation in the gallery and the museum's outdoor
spaces, bridging the conceptual and
physical divide between performer and object, bystander and
viewer, while addressing the ways in which dance and the spectacle
of performance are presented in theatrical and exhibition contexts.
A wall painting inflects the surrounding
physical space differently than a painting - as - object does, becoming indivisible from the
viewer's perception
of that
space.
A story
of advancement inevitably turns into obsolescence, and Technologism seeks to document the early use
of broadcast technology as a way
of bridging the gap (and finding a
space) between the image on the screen, the
physical presence
of the
viewer, and the broader community.
Instead
of acting as a simple
physical barrier, the frame — not unlike the first glossy black «mirror paintings»
of Michelangelo Pistoletto, also commenced in the 1960s — reflects a shard
of the
viewer's own surroundings, creating a direct continuum with the external
space they occupy.
An expression
of neutrality, grey and its «in - between» status enable the artists to navigate the
physical space occupied by the
viewer and the imaginary or fictitious state driving their creative ambitions.
Known for creating work that responds to architecture and the built environment, Cain embraces the relationship
of psychological and
physical space by encouraging
viewers to be fully present and immerse themselves within her work.
Viewers are invited to enter this intensely disorientating yet disturbingly familiar
space, with Fitch and Trecartin seeing the audience's
physical engagement as a crucial extension
of the life
of the work.
Just as the material conditions
of the studio in this way become inseparable from the finished artwork, Murillo invites
viewers to approach their
physical engagement with the gallery
space as part
of the viewing process.
She wanted the exhibition to point to a multiplicity
of formats that create «a stunning
physical installation that can put a
viewer in touch with many new forms
of artmaking in one
space.»
The materials chosen by Oderbolz often fluctuate between stability and ephemerality and have a particular influence on the
viewer's
physical and mental experience
of a
space.
As the writer Jennifer Yum has explained, because Casebere's photographs «are resemblances and approximations and never rote documentations
of physical sites, their iconic nature is suggested, as though identification
of the
space rests in the periphery
of the
viewer's recollection.»
Because the surfaces
of my work do often shift and follow the perspective
of the
viewer, there is a perceptual movement that coincides with a person's
physical movement within the gallery
space.»
Manders makes a
physical as well as mental
space for the
viewer to «enter the world
of objects and matter and find poetry in it... and to know how poorly we normally see our daily life.»
Bell recreates an ethereal experience for his
viewers; and while the
viewer is reminded
of his / her presence by the occasional reflection in the mirror, the audience is transcended as their
physical space comes into question.
Viewers in the
space, by experiencing a sense
of physical and mental constriction, are encouraged to reflect on the authoritative and symbolic meaning
of signs, barriers, and borders.
cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, p. 30) This is evident in Untitled, 1961, which demonstrates a strong relationship with Pape's earlier Tecelares, through a rigorous exploration
of space and the economy
of line, as well as a foreshadowing
of her later Ttéias, in which Pape filled entire rooms with glimmering golden columns made
of delicate threads through which participants traversed, begging
viewers to immerse themselves wholly in an unadulterated experience
of light and
physical sensation.
ARTIST STATEMENT My work explores the
space of video installation through the use
of often large scale projections that incorporate the
physical space, creating immersive environments that trigger an experiential relationship between the
viewer and the piece.
This digital animation presents a slowly shifting beam
of «solid light» whose
physical properties become outlined within the haze - filled
space of the gallery and are further enhanced through
viewer interaction.
The exhibition provides the
viewer with a look at how some
of the most compelling artists
of our time have demystified, remystified, and reconsidered this site within the
physical and conjectured
space of the work
of art.
The works
of Jaray and Wilding occupy
physical and reflective
space and offer the
viewer an intervening layer
of realised «otherness», above and beyond either the picture plane or the physiognomy
of sculpture — Wilding's «Terrestrial» being the specific reference in point.»
The tactile, sensory, and textured nature
of Kang's works, many
of which incorporate repurposed materials sourced directly from factories in South Korea, will help form a
physical connection between the objects and the
viewer, creating a dynamic and interactive relationship to the surrounding
space.
Exploring the function
of materials and forms in concrete
space, the simple equations invoked by these works locate them within the
physical and conceptual environment
of the
viewer, who encounters them both as sculpture and study.
Bulloch's participatory sculptures explore the
physical and psychological aspects
of space by using simple light and sound effects that require the
viewer's active participation.
By moving the sculptures off
of the base and into the
viewer's own
physical and emotional
space, Sonnier has also addressed a challenge that has concerned sculpture for most
of the twentieth - century and beyond.
Interspersed throughout the floor, serpentine - like sculptures extend the installation into the
physical space of the gallery, connecting the flat level
of the paintings with the volumetric realm inhabited by the
viewer's body.
In Fujita's three - dimensional works, relations
of shape, form, and structure become animated as the
viewer engages with the work in
physical space and time.
These paintings become more
physical through the use
of transparent glass which allow the
viewer to see how light, colour and form come together in an open
space.
The artist's use
of tie rods to suspend the massive beams in place added to the precarious nature
of the installation and collared the
viewer into re-imagining one's
physical relation to the
space and work.
Haberny is also interested in the psychological impact experiencing an object in a
space has on a
viewer, creating works that seem to defy the confines
of the surrounding
physical space.
During the yoga sessions, Winkler will interject verbal statements that will consider curating (manipulating
space — both mental and
physical) as an artistic practice; the participant /
viewer as an artwork; and the lived experience
of the class in the gallery as the exhibition.
The exhibition provides the
viewer with an unprecedented and illuminating look at how some
of the most compelling artists
of our time have demystified, remystified, and reconsidered this site within the
physical and conjectured
space of the work
of art.
The installation examines drawing, volume,
space and time, as well as how
viewers engage with each other and the
physical realms
of an artwork.
Chiharu's installations alter and energise the
physical and architectural
space, challenging our perceptions
of the immediate environment and embracing the
viewer as an integral part
of the experience.
When hung, these beveled edges projected the works off
of the wall and towards the
viewer, removing the image from the two - dimensional realm
of traditional painting and into the
viewer's «real»
physical space.
Alongside those
physical embodiments, Martinsen's oil paintings also cast a light on the intangible attributes
of the art
space, such as the artist and
viewers» presence and absence, the passing
of time, and the constancy
of the art itself.
By the skillful expressions
of rich nuances in Sugito's work,
viewers are able to feel even
physical sensations such as the senses
of touch, light and shade, and temperature, which enter into
viewers» minds and embrace the
space.
«The famous hole and cut were not just gashes punched through a canvas, but a way
of making the
viewer look beyond the
physical fact
of the painting, to what Fontana called «a free
space».»
Fusing together form, process and perception, her stages take the same gradual curves and twists
of the brush, the knife, and the sewing machine, and extend it out into
physical space, both introducing a similar meandering pathway to the
viewer's experience
of the works, and simultaneously drawing a connection to the weeds» presence «below,» the idea that the ground we walk on is extended over that
of natural earth.
The installations will fill each gallery with immersive artworks that engage
viewer's experience
of physical space, light, and sound.
Her work is often devised around audio and spatial feedback systems that manipulate the visitor's awareness
of sound and
space, incorporating the
physical and sonic qualities
of surrounding architecture to engage the
viewer's senses.