The exhibition 'Half the room - twice the art (more or less)' by Horst Kiechle at the Geelong Art Gallery comments on the tension between art and the architecture surrounding it. Generally art decorates architecture - unless it is a building for displaying art, in which case - the architecture becomes a neutral white box so as not to detract from the art. The Richardson Gallery with its chamfered corners, rounded cornices and plum-red walls is from an earlier era when art and architecture aimed to compliment each other.
For this particular installation I placed an artwork into the center of the room and subjected both the room and the artwork to a series of digital manipuluations: |
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Installation at the
Geelong Art Gallery
23 September
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Visy Specialties and Sydney Vislab |