Natalie Jeremijenko, Tree Logic, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), 1999
We are fascinated by this installation in which six living trees grow while suspended upside down. This forces the viewer to consider what is natural, and how vegetation can still grow despite limitations.
Olsen creates these works by using a camera to capture the vantage point of the horizon and then following this guideline, tapes trees to create an illusion. This demonstrates how essential the camera is to the artistic process; for centuries it has helped painters form their compositions.
One day each year – April 12 in 2014 – people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly. Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet together over lunch to talk about their experience. That’s it. Simple by design, the goal is to focus on the art and the art of seeing.
