Role model for Aqua-Terra / Terra-Aqua
Role model "pretent you would need glasses" (..what a joke!)
DENVER. Yesterday I visited the Denver Art Museum. I saw an exhibit of Joan Miró and impressive realistic Sculptures by John de Andrea, a local artist. As I wasn't allowed to take pictures I unfortunately can't show these impressions here.
But what I can share here, is the art of an artist from New York City. Francisco Alvarado-Juárez. I was walking towards his art and he asked me if I want to be his role model - I agreed. The name of his artwork is Aqua-Terra / Terra-Aqua, 2015. It took him 23 years to finish it.
These pictures cannot describe how unreal it felt to stay in this tiny wonderland. The sounds of wales who communicated from one side of the room (ridiculous distance) to another, were noticeable. Artistic plants on the walls, which seemed to be a coral reef, were moved by weak wind. Insects, which were fixed at the ceiling, joined the slow movement. Videos with waves reaching the beach were shown among all the plants.
Everything seemed to be easy to create as it actually wasn't at all. What I appreciate the most in this kind of art is that 3 different senses are affected. The tactile sense (gusting wind), the sense of hearing (wales) and the sense of vision (everything else). This is vivid art. Experience it live.