Bell Part 121516
Bell Part 121516 is a tripartite composition that presents different views of a clock pendulum. The work merges photography and drawing in an inkjet-printed image on watercolour paper. The isolated pendulum photographed by Erika Vogt is transformed by the lines and spots of paint that cover it. Repeated and distorted by the artist, the motif decomposes over the course of the images, eventually melting and disappearing completely in a magma of purple paint. By exploring the mutability of the image through a protean practice, Erika Vogt makes the process of creation the very subject of her works. In Bell Part 121516, she makes visible the progressive covering of the initial image, transfigured by the fusion of different mediums. While the title identifies the object, the meaning and significance of the work remain unstable, shifting and open to interpretation.
Text written by Suzana Danilovic as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibition
Fondation Villa Empain, Bruxelles (Belgique)
from 13 May 0016 to 21 Aug 2016