Lee Boroson.
Gemma:
Lee Boroson’s work (Contemporary volume 64, p 26-29) stood out to me as I was going through art journals the other day because it has one quality that a lot of contemporary art seems to reject, beauty. I couldn’t find an image of the artwork that interested me the most but it was a image of a castle that was then almost completely covered with a mass of glass bubbles. He uses these glass bubble structures in many of his works and they are part of his exploration of the ideas of nothingness and air.
He uses and further explores these ideas in other ways using fabric and light and air in installations like this one called Windowbox.
This installation also combines aspects of perception and navigation and is also a good example of how Boroson lets his gallery space direct his installations as he uses existing air-conditioning vents to inflate the objects.
Many of his sculptures and installations resemble natural or man made landscapes in some way. Boroson approaches many different types of landscapes such as under a pond covered in lilies and in this one that I found online, a storm.
Lucky Storm (2) 2005
This final representation of a man made landscape is an example of his sharper work which is made largely from wood, however I still think it encompasses some of the whimsical qualities that many of his pieces entail.
Outer Limit 2005
Lee Boroson’s work (Contemporary volume 64, p 26-29) stood out to me as I was going through art journals the other day because it has one quality that a lot of contemporary art seems to reject, beauty. I couldn’t find an image of the artwork that interested me the most but it was a image of a castle that was then almost completely covered with a mass of glass bubbles. He uses these glass bubble structures in many of his works and they are part of his exploration of the ideas of nothingness and air.
He uses and further explores these ideas in other ways using fabric and light and air in installations like this one called Windowbox.
This installation also combines aspects of perception and navigation and is also a good example of how Boroson lets his gallery space direct his installations as he uses existing air-conditioning vents to inflate the objects.
Many of his sculptures and installations resemble natural or man made landscapes in some way. Boroson approaches many different types of landscapes such as under a pond covered in lilies and in this one that I found online, a storm.
Lucky Storm (2) 2005
This final representation of a man made landscape is an example of his sharper work which is made largely from wood, however I still think it encompasses some of the whimsical qualities that many of his pieces entail.
Outer Limit 2005
posted by Polly Dance at 5:45 PM
5 Comments:
polly: gemma what a find. i'm really liking the stuff that your checking out on the blog each week and there seems to be a bit of the theme happening which is cool. good to see the stuff you like!
andrew: beauty was big in the 90's, and there's still plenty of it around...if you're that way inclined
Ben: "beauty was big in the 90's" please tell me someone else chuckled.
is beauty a bad thing?
polly: what a crack up!
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