ASSIGNMENT 3 sketchup images and animation

Any work of figurative art, even a picture in a frame, employs some

illusion. The two major types of illusion are: conventional and optical.

A framed picture is a conventional illusion. The viewer can choose to

see the frame as a window, a starting point from which to visually enter

the painted world. This is referred to as “a willing suspension of disbelief.” The frame

can also be a border, safely separating the real world from the imaginary. - Kurt Wenner

Artist:

Kurt Wenner - street artist

Concept:

Art galleries model themselves after museums and present art in a finished form, completely removed from the artist and studio. Although they seek to give importance to the work, they often create a wall between the public and the artist. In past centuries artists have had a more direct link to their public and appear to have benefited from this.
Galleries have and still do today base their works on wall space, my intension was to steer away from this idea and base my gallery artwork on the floor. Artworks placed on the floor created an illusion that not only the audience can look at but also engage with, by moving through the artwork in certain paths. Wenner uses anamorphic perspective, his painted forms appear to be three dimensional when viewed from one point in space, evoking the feeling of rising or falling in the space.

Design:
The artificial barrier between artist and audience was the focus of my design, the forms designed resembled frames which invited the audience in, as Wenner states above "seperating the real world from the imaginary"
With these frame forms throughout the model, each were placed in different positions to allow in natural light while some openings were closed off completely.
Materiality, this was very limited as Wenner's work was mainly focused on the floor in public spaces. Hence materials from existing environment were used, mainly being concrete. As his work was temporary and could be washed off the floor so that a new artwork could be made on top.
The site is quite thin and long, i thought it was appropriate that his artwork created an illusion, making the interior space much larger than it really is. As his artwork seemed to rise and fall from the ground.