With every movement of the observer’s body, the spatial impression of Two Cubes on a Striped Surface changes. Hans Breder’s use of minimal geometric forms and mirrored, reflective surfaces unites virtual and real space and, in his words, “breaks down the barrier between the real and the illusory.” The work presents a continuously shifting image that touches on the importance of perspective and the body when we view art and, more broadly, the world around us.
Watch This!: Revelations in Media Art, 2015
Watch This!: Revelations in Media Art, 2015
- Title
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Two Cubes on a Striped Surface
- Artist
- Date
- 1964
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 44 1⁄4 × 14 × 14 in. (112.4 × 35.6 × 35.6 cm)
- Copyright
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© 1964, Hans Breder
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Dr. Barbara Welch Breder
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- plastic, stainless steel and aluminum
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Abstract – geometric
- Object – furniture – table
- Object Number
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2014.41A-D
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
