Mesures à prendre
The object comprises two electrodes in the form of rectangular, metal tiles placed separately on a plexiglas plate and connected to an electromagnetic field generator. The work is complemented by neon pipes that light up when brought close to the electrodes of either negative or positive value. The installation requires participation on the part of the viewer and, as a result, the gases become ionized through the electromagnetic field. Simultaneously, the arrangement of this physical event takes an artistic form, being instantiated in an object-painting, whose surface reflects and disperses light, depending on the manipulation of a neon pipe. The introduction of external factors within the object, whose shape clearly refers to that of a painting, places Kowalski
jan piotr kowalski (1927 – 2004)
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Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu (Torun, Poland)
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About this artwork
- Title: Mesures à prendre
- Artist: jan piotr kowalski
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu
- Color palette: Dark
- Color hue: Green to Violet Spectrum
