Spanning practically all the flooring of the principle house of Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate, Liz West’s expansive new set up invitations viewers to enjoy coloration and brightness. The artist has reimagined the historic early-Nineteenth-century spa promenade room as a vibrant, sensory immersion.
West’s solo exhibition, H.A.P.P.Y, takes inspiration from a standard illness generally known as seasonal affective dysfunction, or S.A.D., which is a type of melancholy that usually manifests within the fall or winter when the times are shorter and the temperatures drop. It usually recedes in the summertime and spring.
Persevering with her curiosity within the results of sunshine, reflections, and chromatic relationships (previously), the artist created “Our Color Reflection,” the centerpiece of H.A.P.P.Y, to focus on the emotional, psychological, and bodily energy of vibrancy and hue.
Composed of 765 multi-colored discs layered in low aid throughout the ground, the piece transforms the atmosphere right into a luminous expertise that interacts with pure and synthetic gentle and evolves all through the day.
H.A.P.P.Y additionally features a number of work, drawings, and fashions for “Our Color Reflection,” and the exhibition continues by way of October 5. See extra on the artist’s website and Instagram.
