Saturday, October 8, 2016

Thinking about Display: Part 2


While discussing things with Jason, he suggested a variety of ways to think about how to create distance and closeness with an audience. One suggestion I really liked was layering elements with varying degrees of clarity in order to let the audience experience certain elements on a more detailed level and others on a level of impression. If I took this approach, I wouldn't have to break my images into multiple panels; instead, they could be layered on top of one another. 

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Thinking About Display


While contemplating the display of the paintings I will produce this year, I was thinking specifically about how a display can reflect what is going on in the actual artworks. I sketched this image to visualize my thinking.

If the paintings on the ends were more closed off imagery (less open to vulnerability), it would make sense not to allow the viewer to become intimate with the paintings by drawing near. By removing distance with the audience in the center, the viewers would be able to be be most intimate with that painting, but would also be forced to be more intimate with one another as they would be funneled into a smaller space.

I don't know if my display would employ a technique like this, but I definitely found the thought appealing, especially for my subject matter.