The paintings might be participants, responding to
their surroundings as any viewer.
Not exact matches
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.
The juxtaposition between the lush organic shape and its shiny, steel materiality here creates a psychedelic impression, but ultimately the bulbous forms emerge
as celebratory and animated, absorbing
viewers and their
surroundings in their own image.
«
As a landscape painter, I strive to create images that connect
viewers to their immediate
surroundings,» explains Peter.
These modernist works function
as benches, stools, and chairs, and explore the connectedness between the object, its
surroundings, and the
viewer.
The
viewer and his immediate
surroundings are momentarily reflected on the lacquered stainless steel, becoming an integral element of the composition itself and defying preconceived notions of artwork
as an inanimate object.
Importantly,
as a
viewer is reflected in their surface, the works also change dramatically
as a result, instigating an ongoing choreography for the paintings, their audience and
surroundings.
Not only does «The Secret Sharer» aim to tell the audience something by opening its mouth, but the mirrors also allow the
viewers to share glimpses of themselves
as well
as the sculpture's
surroundings.
Cataloging his momentary
surroundings as an artist, Bienvenu uses humor and sex to give the
viewer an entry point.
Reflecting the
surroundings and the
viewer as part of the image breaks down traditional notions of figurative art in an ever changing spectacle, combining material form, pictorial space and gesture.
Polished to create a reflective surface, the works mirror their
surroundings as well
as the
viewer standing before them, exploring ideas of perception.