Indoor Installation

Headspace (After Helen)

Research for Indoor Installation can be found HERE
Materials: Muslin, Acrylic Paint, Wooden Stretcher Bars, Wooden Stool, Fishing Line

Artist Statement: My inspiration for this piece was an image of Helen Frankenthaler sitting in her studio. After first seeing the image, I was completely in awe of how her studio space became a piece and an environment of its own. I began to think about the idea of being able to be completely engulfed by a piece of art- more specifically a 2-D image, something artists like Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko were able to do. These artists were able to make works of art that were so large and captivating, they could make their audience feel like they were being consumed it. With my installation I wanted to try to achieve the same effect, while at the same time drawing from the role of the studio space, and maintaining the concept that my audience is experiencing something that is 2-D even though it may not look and feel like it. I covered the floor and wall in muslin and painted it with acrylic paint, referencing the image of Frankenthaler with the prominence of the color blue. The stool allows my audience to sit and become absorbed in and by the piece. Finally the hanging stretcher bars reference the concept of the traditional 2-D painting in the sense that it frames the piece, but also it notes the idea of removal from tradition because the "canvas" is not attached to it- rather they are existing as separate entities, that are able to come together to function as one.