Spanning practically your complete ground of the primary house of Mercer Artwork Gallery in Harrogate, Liz West’s expansive new set up invitations viewers to enjoy shade 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 typical illness often 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 sometimes recedes in the summertime and spring.
Persevering with her curiosity within the results of sunshine, reflections, and chromatic relationships (beforehand), the artist created “Our Colour Reflection,” the centerpiece of H.A.P.P.Y, to spotlight 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 surroundings 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 Colour Reflection,” and the exhibition continues by October 5. See extra on the artist’s web site and Instagram.
