It's amazing what a little inspiration and happiness can do. I've been spending this whole week drawing and painting at school (long explanation coming soon). I've forgotten how much I genuinely love art; there's a certain sense of peace that comes along with it that nothing else can quite compare to. Anyhow- as a result, I've been spending a substantial amount of time lately filling myself with the beauty the earth contains. In hopes that those of you who actually read my blog may get your fair dose of art today, voila: Spencer Finch.
366 (Emily Dickinson's Miraculous Year)
Paying tribute to American Poet Emily Dickinson, and specifically her "annus mirabilis" (1862), Finch set up 366 candles in a spiral in order to commemorate the year when Dickinson wrote 366 poems in a mere 365 days. This work will burn for one year. The color of each candle corresponds with a color mentioned in the respective poem, whereas poems with no mentioned color are represented by colorless candles made out of natural paraffin. The combination of the rundown wax-y candles with the yet-to-be-burned candles are absolutely delightful and the brightness of the candles with their slow but surely coming destruction leave one with a strong impression.
Moon Dust (Apollo 17)
This installation consisting of various sized light bulbs represents the precise chemical composition of the moon dust that was found on Apollo 17. Every lightbulb signifies a certain atom; "the smallest ones represent Oxygen and the large bulbs standing for heavier atoms such as Iron and Chromium." Can you imagine the consideration that went into the creation of this piece? The union between science and art at its finest.
A lot of the installations that Spencer Finch creates are based off of something. There's solid and true information behind it, and something about the merging of factual intelligence and artistic talent leaves one with a sense of absolute wonder. It's different from what most consider art, simply because most assume that art is the means of expressing the madness inside your head (which is true), but art also gives leeway to combine all different things into one. Knowledge and art has combined so beautifully.
All images from Spencer Finch, please check out more of his work HERE.
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