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26-JUL-2011

Belly-up, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, 2011

A young visitor exuberantly hoists his shirt as he revels in the colorful environment created by artist Katharina Grosse as part of her installation titled “one floor up more highly,” at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The walls and floors are spray painted in neon colors, which seem to spark a sense of play in this child. Adults and children perceive art quite differently. Grosse’s work here is intended to challenge an adults conditioned way of seeing and ordering the world, but to a child, such structure is usually ignored. This particular child simply delights in the excitement of the vivid random colors that are slashed onto the walls and floor around him.

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Phil Douglis15-Aug-2011 17:46
I watched the enthusiastic response of this child as he walked through this vast exhibit and took several images of him as he displayed his spontaneity. As he reached the last room of the exhibit he grabbed his shirt and gathered it onto his shoulders. The vibrant neon colors sprayed on to the walls behind him seemed to echo his joy. Uninhibited indeed, Iris. Thanks for commenting on this one.
Iris Maybloom (irislm)14-Aug-2011 22:57
It's wonderful observing the uninhibited spirit of children in a museum. This image certainly depicts this.
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