#strata 4

After discovering and writing about David Shearing I was researching some other immersive installation artists I came across Quayola, I am extremely impressed by his work it's captivating, beautiful and seamlessly combines old with new, definitely worth a watch. 

"Strata #4 is a multi-channel immersive video-installation commissioned by Palais de Beaux Arts in Lille. The subject of this work is a series of iconic pieces from the museum’s Flemish collection, focusing specifically on Rubens’ and Van Dyck’s grand altarpieces. Strata #4 is the result of a study and exploration of the paintings themselves, delving beneath their figurative appearance and looking at the very rules behind the composition, colour schemes and proportions of each piece. It is a precise process aimed at creating new contemporary images based on universal rules of beauty and perfection. Documenting the improbable collisions between classical figuration and contemporary abstraction, Strata #4 aims to create an harmonious dialogue between worlds that may appear very distant from one another, but in fact share so much in common."

Strata #4 is part of the ongoing Strata Series

Strata #4 by Quayola. I want this in my living room!!!

http://www.nexusproductions.com/case/strata4/index.php

My favorite piece from this weekend's Creators Project. 

Strata #4 - Teaser 1

Quayola has created a new multi-screen video-installation to be premiered on the 7-9th October 2011, at the renowned Palais des Beaux Arts in Lille, France’s second museum after the Louvre, as the opening of their 2011-2012 season. An exclusive password protected excerpt is available for you to watch here. Quayola's mesmerising piece, Strata#4, is part of his on-going series of films, prints and site-specific installations for the project devised to challenge accepted perceptions of classical art, architecture and iconography.