Painting: Proximity and Reach
Location
CSU 203
Start Date
9-4-2012 10:00 AM
End Date
9-4-2012 11:00 AM
Student's Major
Art
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Brian Frink
Mentor's Department
Art
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
Most paintings have a preferred viewing distance on average from 3 to 15 feet and directly in front of the painting; I call this the “reach”. In this series of paintings I explore the physical reach a painting has with its viewer. My intention with this series of works is to expand the paintings reach to further encapsulate the viewer literally and as usual, cognitively. I have done this by allowing works to communicate directly with one another, sometimes across spaces on the wall or floor and sometimes even across a room. The proximity, imagery, color and composition allow the viewer to easily distinguish works that relate to one another. In a sense, I want to communicate the reach of the paintings in a similar fashion to 3-dimensional art.
Painting: Proximity and Reach
CSU 203
Most paintings have a preferred viewing distance on average from 3 to 15 feet and directly in front of the painting; I call this the “reach”. In this series of paintings I explore the physical reach a painting has with its viewer. My intention with this series of works is to expand the paintings reach to further encapsulate the viewer literally and as usual, cognitively. I have done this by allowing works to communicate directly with one another, sometimes across spaces on the wall or floor and sometimes even across a room. The proximity, imagery, color and composition allow the viewer to easily distinguish works that relate to one another. In a sense, I want to communicate the reach of the paintings in a similar fashion to 3-dimensional art.
Recommended Citation
Abrahamson, Tyler. "Painting: Proximity and Reach." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 9, 2012.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2012/oral-session-03/3
