Horror Vacui vs. Beauty of Empty Spaces
Robert Therrien Untitled (Cloud) 1992 Whitney Museum of American Art --- 추사 김정희 (秋史 金正喜) 세한도 (歲寒圖) 1844 National Museum of Korea Two pieces of art; one from the 20C, the other from the 19C, one from the West, the other from the East, both sparse, with plenty of empty space. Yet, the way the two artists approach empty sapce is a universe apart. In Robert Therrien's piece, the empty space is loud, intrusive...almost violent. In 김정희's piece, the empty space is quiet, accepting...almost the main point of the painting. But why? I've asked that question many, many times. --- Group 1. A Baroque interior design (Palazzo Chigi Zondadari in Siena, Italy), exterior facade of the Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhra), Book of Hours from the late Gothic or early Renaissance period, moderbnMaximalist interior design, The Story of the Vivian Girls by the iconic American outsider artist Henry Darger (1892–1973), Mark Rothko’s Unt...