Hypnotic

Jim Lambie
The Kinks 2005

'Spatial illusion through a kaleidoscopic collision of sculptural and ground produced a gloriously visually overloaded experience' Virginia Button

'Looking at the installation is like sticking your finger in a power socket... the silver tape throws shards of light up the gallery walls and makes the whole floor float' Adrian Searle, Art critic

Hypnotic grounds
Transporting the viewer
Psychological/ imaginative space
Stimulating an inner experience
Work evolves in the given space
Pop culture
Overwhelming visual
Adorned knick-knacks
Theatrical environments that alter mood
Link art movements: Minimalism, Op Art, Arte Povera

'Covering an object somehow evaporates the hard edge off the thing, and pulls you towards more of a dreamscape. The hard, day to day, living edge disappears'

Virginia Button, The Turner Prize