Art@Site www.artatsite.com Robert Morris Glass Labyrinth Rio de Janeiro
Artist:

Robert Morris

Title:

Glass Labyrinth

Year:
2011
Adress:
Camara dos Vereadores
Website:
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This dynamic sculpture will provide visitors with an intimate experience, enticing them to interact with the art by winding through the glass maze.
'The idea of a labyrinth as a place in which we lose ourselves in order to find ourselves is intriguing,' said Antonia Bostrà¶m, Director, Curatorial Affairs. 'This sculpture encompasses many things: engagement, participation, a spirit of theatricality, and also pushes boundaries between an art object and personal experience.'
The installation of Glass Labyrinth begins a series of celebrations of the Sculpture Park that will include family activities, educational programs and special events.
The 62- foot by 62-foot by 62-foot and seven-foot-tall labyrinth, weighs more than 400 tons.

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This path is not 'spiral-like' nor is it a puzzling maze. Instead, glass panels block continuous flow, requiring the visitor to shift direction but always lead to the center and back to a safe exit.
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Unlike a maze, a labyrinth has only one way in and the same way out. This, of course, still doesn't take away from the fact that it's one disorienting experience. As Kyle (shell_tone) on Instagram wrote, 'Thing had me running into corners.' Jessica Beever stated, 'Very cool! Although it made me a little dizzy walking through; a strange combo for the senses!' While Jesika Voelzke- Doty (creatinganew) wrote to her friend, 'I'm so scared of going into that thing!!! I actually had a nightmare about it. Going in and seeing the outside and not getting out'¦or baking in it!!!' To which her friend, leesahjh replied, 'There's an employee stationed outside just in case someone freaks out. Also, there's only one path. I enjoyed it, but I don't have any claustrophobia.'

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Robert Morris is a sculptor and conceptual artist who is orignally from Kansas City, Missouri. Morris is currently based in New York and represented by the Leo Castelli Gallery. His work hat some of the most revered art museums in the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris.