Spirit Running

Space. That's a interesting word. How does space relate to design? There has been all types of 'space' used by design, and art design is no exception. There should be no limitations to art and design, but many designers are faced with the 'forth wall' of design. This barrier that things have to appear whole and complete. Well, there is one piece of art I found that uses a concept we have learned well in class: Gestalt. Just like in McCloud's book, we assume that there are parts there that should be there, like his legs.

Let's take a loot at this piece of art design. We know that this is a pair of horses. One white and one black. For whatever reason the artist choose to make these horses polar opposites in terms of color, we ca only speculate. However, we can take what we see understand it's design.

There are parts of the horse missing, but we know that these horses are running 'through' the wall and that these parts sure will come in later. Also, looking at the craft of this piece, we see that the horse could have been cast in a full body, but what we see are strands of metal that make up the shape of a horse. This makes it feel as if this is the spirit of the horse, running through the gallery. There really is no need to show the whole piece to get a good feeling of what the artist and designer was thinking when they made this piece. Parts often speak just as loudly to us than the whole picture.