Once upon a time I realized I didn't know many installation artists. This was a problem because I was in this sculpture class that was doing an installation and I didn't really know what that meant. One day I remembered that every Sunday I read Post Secret, which is "an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard." (http://www.postsecret.com/).
The creator, Frank Warren, along with speaking tours, books and his own blog, also displays in galleries in what I would define as an installation. I began looking at these displays when I was thinking about font and text and how to take up space with flat objects.
Even though I'm not totally sure Warren counts as a sculptor I think the way he displays his work uses space in interesting ways. What I find most interesting in this picture specifically is the way the light interacts with the free standing walls and the shadows it casts from the
post cards. Considering the subject matter of the post cards I think the shadows can carry a lot of weight.
I know we've talked a lot about suspension but I also thought this was a useful visual of the impact of hanging things and reminded me to think about the height of the hanging objects and how people interact with the hanging elements.
It definitely counts. The classification --sculpture / installation -- isn't important. It's not even as important that it's classified as "art," per se (well, it does, but not for our purposes).
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of Joseph Gringley's work I once saw as a part of a Whitney Biennial: http://www.gandy-gallery.com/exhib/joseph_grigely/exhib_joseph_grigely.html
As to post secret, as an artist, I much prefer the installation to the web site, since I find the manner of who things are written provides such context to the content of the words.