Inspirational Interactive Installation

This work titled ‘Put Your Head into Gallery’ was done by artist Tezi Gabunia as part of the Popiashvili Gvaberidze Window Project at viennacontemporary 2016. This artwork comprises of a series of a replication of miniature museums. There were mainly 4 museums and artists being featured: Tezi Gabunia in the Saatchi Gallery, Peter Paul Rubens in The Louvre , Damien Hirst in Tate Modern and Liechtenstein in Gagosian Gallery.

Viewers were invited to pop their head inside the miniature museum to view the work. At the same time, it almost looked like the viewer’s head was a sculpture in the museum. This work was featured on Art Insider, a YouTube channel which features inspiring art around the world.

The exhibition was very well received and there were audiences from different age groups.

As an artist, Tezi Gabunia has always been interested in the idea of “Falsification”. In his words, “falsification” means to capture, steal, modify and exhibit. Tezi is curious about the human fascination with copies and stresses the idea that everything is a copy of a copy. He claims that he is not an artist, rather, he is an architect because he is proficient in neither drawing nor painting. His main focus is centralised around the idea of “falsification”.

 

Reflections:

Overall I think that this is a very interesting work of art. Personally I really like miniatures and it was what attracted me to this artwork in the first place. By constructing the interior of 4 different museums, his work was successful in trying to convey the idea of bringing art to the people instead of people going to art. For years now, many museums and institutions have been trying to make art more accessible to the public. Such efforts include public art, art fairs and making museums free to enter. Even though it was a small scale exhibition literally, I feel that it conveyed the idea of making art more accessible really well. The different miniature museums were in close proximity and viewers can easily be transported from one museum to another.

The details in the the museum are intricately crafted which gives the work a hyper-realistic look. And when viewers look into the work, they become part of  the exhibition going on in the museum. It provides a very immersive experience. By presenting each museum in such  unique way, it helps to engage the viewers’ interests and make gallery viewing more interesting, especially for the younger ones.

“Put Your Head into Gallery” is a peculiar yet interesting installation. I am impressed with the craftsmanship of the work. However, my only regrets is that i didn’t manage to see it personally and I wished that the variety of museums and galleries presented was bigger.

 

 

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