About contemporary art: unique art installations.
I´ve already written twice about contemporary art installations, art installations I and art installations II, posts that happen to be the 3rd and 4th most red articles of this blog (that by the way is going to hit another alltime monthly record close to 6.000 visits)
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One of the most amazing things about contemporary art installations is the ability of artists that create them. They transform a small immaterial thought into big unique material expression. I call this process the literal alchemy of art.
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If you are an artist (or entrepreneur) of any kind you know what I´m talking about. One thing is to sketch an idea, and a very different one is to transform it into a huuuuge “committed and valuable expression” that works. Only a very few are able to do it.
You are about to see three good examples. Enjoy them!!!
The Making of “Painting Air: Spencer Finch” from RISD Museum of Art.
American artist Spencer Finch may perfectly be one of this art alchimists. His 2012 Painting Air installation at Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design it´s a good example.
Spencer Finch. Painting Air. 2012
This installation consists of more than 100 panels of suspended glass of varying reflectivity that distort the wall mural. According to what I´ve red, it´s an abstraction of ……………….. Come on, use your creativity and guess it on the comment section at the bottom. It´s a good creativity exercise.
EVDay Bride fight 2006
As american artist EVday explains “The loaded metaphor of battling brides in mid-explosion is an ecstatic expression of liberation and transformation, while vestiges of tradition remain recognizable, and intact”. Do you get it
EVday. Bride fight
EVDay describes her work as “futurist abstract paintings in three dimensions”, and I would say that she is absolutelly right. The inner concept, the absolute image power, and the magnificent execution make this installtion one of the most unforgetable I´ve ever seen.
Subodh Gupta’s Ray, 2012
The above lies between sculpture and art installation. Subodh Gupta’s Ray, 2012, is a giant steel bucket with a cascade of smaller ones falling out of it.
Some art critics call Gupta the Damien Hirst of India. Even if this is true or if you see Duchamp´s influence in his art, please applaud!! ´cose it´s not that simple to make the above happen. I see multiplication, mass production, mas vomiting of objects. Or maybe it explains that we individuals are able to create unique things that multiplication transforms into accumulative garbage. What about you, what do you think he tells?
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What other installation artists would you recommend for future posts? What do you think are the keys to transform an idea into a valuable expression?. What are your visions of the above art expressions? Go ahead and add your thoughts below to nurture this conversation.
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