Artists and Writers: Felice Varini
Finding new art in Paris is always a treat.
Today, while I was visiting my friend Jean Demélier (Artists and Writers: Jean Demélier), he pointed out to me some work of Felice Varini. Varini and Demélier are friends, so Demélier is particularly well-placed to explain Varini's work.
Varini plays around with point of view and perspective. He wants us to look at the world of human-made things in a different way. Where we might see a set of buildings down a street or a long hallway with a series of doors and windows, he places lines of colored tape. Depending on our vantage point we see these lines as a random set of lines or we see a complete image that seems to float in space.
In another words, he creates "2D images in 3D space" (see Protein Feed). The images that are formed from the lines he places on objects create what appears to be an overlapping image. Sometimes he will tape lines that form stars, sometimes he places the colored tape in such a way that it seems a hole is in the floor or a painted building is where you would expect a grey one. The effect is an extraordinary trompe l'oeil or optical illusion. See Notes on the Denial of Perspective 02 for a further analysis.
The Varini lines I saw are placed along the buildings, including the Lariboisiere Hospital, that line the Rue Ambrose Paré leading to and including Gare du Nord in Paris. At first, the lines seem to be random images of red lines. The following image is a part of the creation, showing the 'random' lines.
Notice that the red lines seem to just be broken lines on a building.
But then you are drawn to the lines and are forced to adjust your perspective. In doing so, the line creates a new image and it is one that is someone floating before the 'natural' image.
Here is the part of the road that leads down to Gare du Nord.
Varini has exhibited in Mamco - musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Kunsthalle Bern, and the Centre Pompidou - Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris (and many more, see ArtFacts.net).
For more on Varini, you might want to read the following.
Felice Varini
Point of View-Point de Vue
See also Point de Vue sur la Gare du Nord et l'Hopital Lariboisiere and lines and colors.
Tom
Today, while I was visiting my friend Jean Demélier (Artists and Writers: Jean Demélier), he pointed out to me some work of Felice Varini. Varini and Demélier are friends, so Demélier is particularly well-placed to explain Varini's work.
Varini plays around with point of view and perspective. He wants us to look at the world of human-made things in a different way. Where we might see a set of buildings down a street or a long hallway with a series of doors and windows, he places lines of colored tape. Depending on our vantage point we see these lines as a random set of lines or we see a complete image that seems to float in space.
In another words, he creates "2D images in 3D space" (see Protein Feed). The images that are formed from the lines he places on objects create what appears to be an overlapping image. Sometimes he will tape lines that form stars, sometimes he places the colored tape in such a way that it seems a hole is in the floor or a painted building is where you would expect a grey one. The effect is an extraordinary trompe l'oeil or optical illusion. See Notes on the Denial of Perspective 02 for a further analysis.
The Varini lines I saw are placed along the buildings, including the Lariboisiere Hospital, that line the Rue Ambrose Paré leading to and including Gare du Nord in Paris. At first, the lines seem to be random images of red lines. The following image is a part of the creation, showing the 'random' lines.
Notice that the red lines seem to just be broken lines on a building.
But then you are drawn to the lines and are forced to adjust your perspective. In doing so, the line creates a new image and it is one that is someone floating before the 'natural' image.
Here is the part of the road that leads down to Gare du Nord.
Varini has exhibited in Mamco - musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Kunsthalle Bern, and the Centre Pompidou - Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris (and many more, see ArtFacts.net).
For more on Varini, you might want to read the following.
Felice Varini
Point of View-Point de Vue
See also Point de Vue sur la Gare du Nord et l'Hopital Lariboisiere and lines and colors.
Tom
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