Art - Corner (Günther Uecker, 1968)

Günther Uecker, also known as Guenther Uecker, (born 13 March 1930) is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.

In this work, he want to express his own connection with the space:

“My body plays an important role in the proportions of my work. The movements of my feet, the curve of the body, and the outstreched arms…are choreographic signs that fill a picture planes”.

This shows how the importance of the connection between us and all the space where we live, we pass, we see.

(Take from: Ruhrberg, Schneckenburger, Fricke, Honnef, ART of the 20th Century -  Volume II, Tashen, 2005, p.503)

 

Art - The Gentle Prisoner ( Rebecca Horn 1978)

 Rebecca Horn (24 March 1944, Michelstadt, Hesse) is a German installation artist most famous for her body modifications.

The Gentle Prisoner (1978) consisted of two large ‘fans’ of peacock feathers that opened and closed. This work gives either a sense of  breather when the fans of peacock feathers opend, or a sense of claustrophobia whenw they closed.

(Take from: Ruhrberg, Schneckenburger, Fricke, Honnef, ART of the 20th Century -  Volume II, Tashen, 2005, p.601)

Art - Studio Azzurro

 Studio Azzurro is an international group that use the new media. The artistic research is expressed by the new technologies producing  videoart, videoamibiente.

In their first work they use above all the television. This media reduces reality in the small screen, giving a narrow vision of what is happening. In their video, all the characters  play their game in different way: in one case characters fight to exit from this narrow space (as you can see in the video below), but they can’t broke the barrier.

In other case, they can overcam the barrier, broken the canonic space of the screen extending themselves to a potential infinite, as you see in the video below “Il nuotatore” of 1984.