December 14, 2015 – February 15, 2016
Media object
Engineer: Alexey Grachev
Supported by CYLAND MediaArtLab
Marina Gisich Gallery
“Danae” is a multimedia object-sculpture made of “living” round mirrors that quiver when a ray of light touches their surface. The sculpture’s general outline could be related to the figure of Danae from Rembrandt’s painting in the Hermitage collection. The artists turn to the myth about the god Zeus and the daughter of King Acrisius as a beautiful illustration of the vivifying force of non-material in art. And this is notthe only analogy: the round surfaces of the mirrors could be perceived as planets of a conditional universethat are being “enlivened” by light. At all times, both scientists and artists have strived to represent the mundane as mysterious, and the mysterious as visible. It is no coincidence that one of the asteroids that hurtles through the universe in search of living light was called “Danae”.
Related links:
Marina Gisich Gallery, “Provenance”. 15th anniversary of the gallery. 2015.