Contextual Research: John McCracken; Henrique Oliveira

John McCracken

McCracken's Exhibition 'Nine Planks': tall, inanimate, elongated forms; whose focus is on shape, colour and smooth surfaces. 

- Minimalism

- Colour/Form

- Acceptance of what they are - no alternative narrative or meaning

- Scale

- Interaction with audience

What I enjoy most about these pieces is that, contrary to their simplicity, I can't help but question is there another interpretation?  Is there any significance for some of the planks to be lying against the wall while others stand upright?

Because of their size, they also seem to have a presence about them, and being as simple as they are, they are hard to ignore.

Henrique Oliveira

Exhibition: Tridimensionals

Whirlwind for Turner - 2007

Tapumes - 2005

Here Oliveira uses old and peeling laminate wood to simulate the brush stokes of a painting.  The pieces are huge and take up entire wall spaces, I love how the wood seems to shift and move like waves as you draw your eye along it.

Tapumes - 2003