Nudging Marcel
Nudging Marcel Nudging Marcel is a piece created in 2014 for the exhibition Relay by Lois Andison. Relay is an exhibition that showcases Lois Andisons work during a fifteen year time period. Other works included in the exhibition include, The floor's the limit, trophy after picasso II, solving man ray's destruction and Good grief, bad grief. Nudging Marcel is composed of shapes and lines that interact together to show movement. Like many other pieces in the exhibit, Nudging Marcel interacts with the viewer. When the viewer approaches the work one wheel begins to spin and moves towards the other causing the other wheel to also spin. Throughout the exhibition the viewer sees the same interaction. For example, Trophy, after Picasso II interacts
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The most dominant shape in the piece is circles, the wheels are fairly large and are what the viewers eyes are directed to. The wheels are placed beside each other, when the work is activated the first wheel spins and moves closer to the second, causing them both to spin. This creates a strong image of two identical shapes moving in sync because of a transfer of energy. This transfer of energy causes the viewer to stop and think about the meaning behind the work and the intentions of the artist, it draws the viewer in more than if the wheels did not move. The movement of transferring energy may imply that the artist believes that one's energy can affect another. This can be applied to both objects and people in real life. For example, when a person has a positive attitude this energy may be transferred to another person which causes them to attain a positive …show more content…
The platform, the bar stools and the inner rim of the wheels are white while the exterior of the tire is black. By using these colours this way the wheel is further emphasized and when moving the black stands out against the white. This use of colour is consistent throughout the other pieces in the exhibit. Many other pieces use the colour white to bring focus to other parts of the work. For example Trophy, after Picasso II uses white to draw focus to the flower resting on the head of the "bull". The color white is also used throughout the exhibit itself, the walls are all white and the neon signs use white light. The artist may have chosen to do use white in this way to draw focus on specific aspects of the
The most dominant shape in the piece is circles, the wheels are fairly large and are what the viewers eyes are directed to. The wheels are placed beside each other, when the work is activated the first wheel spins and moves closer to the second, causing them both to spin. This creates a strong image of two identical shapes moving in sync because of a transfer of energy. This transfer of energy causes the viewer to stop and think about the meaning behind the work and the intentions of the artist, it draws the viewer in more than if the wheels did not move. The movement of transferring energy may imply that the artist believes that one's energy can affect another. This can be applied to both objects and people in real life. For example, when a person has a positive attitude this energy may be transferred to another person which causes them to attain a positive …show more content…
The platform, the bar stools and the inner rim of the wheels are white while the exterior of the tire is black. By using these colours this way the wheel is further emphasized and when moving the black stands out against the white. This use of colour is consistent throughout the other pieces in the exhibit. Many other pieces use the colour white to bring focus to other parts of the work. For example Trophy, after Picasso II uses white to draw focus to the flower resting on the head of the "bull". The color white is also used throughout the exhibit itself, the walls are all white and the neon signs use white light. The artist may have chosen to do use white in this way to draw focus on specific aspects of the