Size Matters: A Question of Scale
Jun 23, 2018 - Jul 22, 2018
SIZE MATTERS: A Question of Scale discusses one of the issues most central to the making and reception of art: size. In considering art, the term scaleplays a fundamental role as it is the size of an art object in relation to another object. The relative size of an artwork tends to be compared to the size of the human body – giving rise to descriptive terms such as life-sized, miniature and monumental that use the human body as a benchmark or reference. Scale thus highlights the capacity of the artwork to respond to a specific location and place, while also calling into question the role of the viewer.
Scale opens up questions of agency in ways that compel reconsideration of what it means to be involved in the creation, circulation, and reception of visual art. Scale requires that viewers regard size as a crucial aspect that enables a material and physical entity to function convincingly as an artwork.
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SIZE MATTERS: A Question of Scale discusses one of the issues most central to the making and reception of art: size. In considering art, the term scaleplays a fundamental role as it is the size of an art object in relation to another object. The relative size of an artwork tends to be compared to the size of the human body – giving rise to descriptive terms such as life-sized, miniature and monumental that use the human body as a benchmark or reference. Scale thus highlights the capacity of the artwork to respond to a specific location and place, while also calling into question the role of the viewer.
Scale opens up questions of agency in ways that compel reconsideration of what it means to be involved in the creation, circulation, and reception of visual art. Scale requires that viewers regard size as a crucial aspect that enables a material and physical entity to function convincingly as an artwork.
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