Not exact matches
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.
In Schwarz, Rot, Gold (1999), Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) abolishes form in favour
of blank,
reflective spaces; black, red and gold rectangles — recalling the German flag — become relational to the
painting's environment.
Unlike his previous mirror
paintings, comprising figures and often leaving a significant amount
of free
reflective space, in the Scaffali series Pistoletto obstructs us.
Within her well - known series that uses a curved shape — initially called Doubleu by the artist (the spelling
of the letter)-- Provosty pairs matte and oil
paint into closed forms, opening the
space with their
reflective surfaces and tenuously squeezed outer edges, implying multiple associations that imply numerous unfixed interpretations.
Reflective Radiation explores the notion
of light and illusion while each
painting plays with the viewer's perspective with various grades
of shimmer, illuminating the
space.
Finch turned to the poetry
of W.H. Auden and Whistler fog
paintings for the creation
of Fog (Lake Wononscopomuc), rendering a gossamer veil
of fog settling over a Connecticut lake, while his photographs
of the Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa, Japan, return to Monet's engagement with the powerful
reflective surfaces found in lush waterscapes and their surrounding
space.
The
paintings in this series are produced using the classical oil
painting methods and materials
of the Old Masters — successive layers
of warm and cool black pigment glazes varnished to a highly
reflective surface resulting in a profoundly deep pictorial
space.
The
reflective surface
of the
paintings pulls the viewer and surrounding
space into the work, altering the fiction
of the
painted image as a frozen moment.
Combine with a soft
paint colour in a light -
reflective neutral to create an the illusion
of even more
space.
Trade in floor - to - ceiling white for the timeless elegance
of black with richly
painted walls — just remember to give the
space plenty
of natural light and
reflective surfaces to veer it away from feeling dreary.