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Wood Turning in North America
The wood turning exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery was an opportunity to combine video with exhibition graphics. The gallery had some footage of artists using lathes which we projected on the title wall. Video was also used elsewhere in the gallery to direct the flow of people through the space (not shown). Note the word ‘Wood’ as it appears to cut into the title text.
The gallery, designed by Louis Kahn, is an impressive and austere temple of concrete. The cases to house the work were boxy and cold. To compliment the organic forms of the sculpture I created silhouettes of signature work and had them painted behind the introductory wall text for each section of the show.These silhouettes were keyed to a subtle palette which warmed up the space and provided a necessary locus for shifts in theme.
These silhouettes were keyed to a subtle palette which warmed up the space and provided a necessary locus for shifts in theme.
The activity room contained numerous objects to satisfy the desire people have to learn by touching. This room seemed to be an appropriate place to place a silhouette of the tool responsible for the exotic wood forms of the exhibition: the lathe.