Evaporating Water (Floating Puddle Swing)
Artist:
Davide Balula
Date:
2016
Medium:
Installation
Materials:
Wood, Water, String
Dimensions:
Variable dimensions
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
The sculpture Evaporating Water (Floating Puddle Swing) was created through the assembly of three materials: water placed sparingly on a wooden board suspended from two large pieces of string. Inspired by natural phenomena, with this piece Davide Balula questions the notions of space and gravity. Small puddles of water form on the surface of the board which is coated with a waterproof substance. These move randomly according to the surrounding airflow and as viewers pass by the board which oscillates like a swing. Davide Balula combines the solid and the liquid in a poetic dialogue that instils water with life-like properties. Despite its apparent formal simplicity, the work is the result of a complex artistic gesture designed to visually reproduce the process of evaporation.
Written by Oriane Poret as part of the partnership between the Ecole du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Written by Oriane Poret as part of the partnership between the Ecole du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Exhibitions
Objet de tendresse
Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris (France)
from 05 Apr to 17 Apr 2018
Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris (France)
from 05 Apr to 17 Apr 2018
Broken Things Float Faster
Galerie François Ghebaly, Los Angeles (Etats-Unis)
from 16 Sep to 29 Oct 2016
Galerie François Ghebaly, Los Angeles (Etats-Unis)
from 16 Sep to 29 Oct 2016