#instillation
Sheila Hicks, “Untitled”, fiber art mural, hand-woven silk, synthetic thread and linen for the Ford Foundation, NY, 1966.
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apologies for not posting any comic updates, i’ve been working on this huge installation which i just finally finished ️️
Art History #7 — Land Art // 23/11/20.
‘Sun Tunnels’ is a land artwork created by Nancy Holt. It is composed of four giant, cylindrical, concrete structures formatted in a cross shape on the desert’s floor. The structure allows enough space for a viewer to walk inside without ducking, intended to provide an interactive element to the land art. The work’s orientation and form are precisely aligned to enable the four tubes to frame the sun on the horizon during the summer and winter solstices, producing a lens that can engulf the body. The small holes in the tubes are modelled on the position of four constellations, and they throw scattered discs of light onto the viewer inside. After completion of the work, Holt did not want to linger on the sun tunnels alone when presenting it to the public, rather she had a motivation to guide the viewers through the land. She stated that “Choosing these sites as places for people to experience and see, that’s the work”. This extended engagement with the land led her to the conclusion that sculptural frameworks were unnecessary, and that the sites werethe piece. Holt’s meaning behind her land art was to therefore create something that complements and emphasises the natural beauty of the environment itself — building upon this is most effective.
[ Sourced references:
— https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-story-sun-tunnels-nancy-holts-land-art-masterpiece
— Art History lesson notes. ]
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Maan Singh was commanded by Akbar to march beyond the Indus and put down the rebellion in Kabul. The great commander hesitated as the River Indus what is the limit for the medieval Hindus. The point at which the river was traditionally crossed by non-Hindus has been labelled by the Hindus as the uttuk (Attock) or barrier. Responding to the hesitation of Maan Singh, Akbar wrote a couplet to be sent to Maan Singh:
Sub hain bhum Gopal ka
Jis me uttuk kahan?
Jis ke man me uttuk hai
So een uttuk hoega.
The whole earth belongs to God
where is the barrier in it?
He who is mind has a barrier
will always find itself bound.
maan Singh cross the river and crush the rebellion in Kabul.
The Floating Roof
The Urban Project
The floating roof is a spatial organism blurring the distinctions between land, sky, the built and the unbuilt. It’s never touch is the land or the sky, but restlessly meditates in between. It hopes to bring alive the fear and joys of its inhabitants.
#Arts #Instillation #Built #Unbuilt #InBetween #PushingBoundaries #IndianAesthetic #ArtInstillation #TheFloatingRoof #TheUrbanProject #WhereIsSpace #RupaliGupte #PrasadShetty #JawaharKalaKendra #Architecture #Jaipur #JaipurDiaries #JaipurJournal #Rajasthan #India #Wanderer #Wanderlust #Travel #Travelogue #TravelDiaries (at JKK-Jaipur, Jawahar Kala Kendra)
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