...Turn an abstract painting into what?...a landscape. Never did I think that an abstract cubist painting could be conveyed in a spatial way such as a landscape. The approach for my transformation was the use of topography to shape the landscape and areas within. After reading about the Shodan House by Le Corbusier, an understanding of cubist organization came into thought...regulating lines. It was not until I made a comparison between the way the first floor of the Shodan House was designed, and the way Le Corbusier painting Pale Still Life with Lantern that I realized how identical the thought process of an artist of this time was no matter what the medium.
Based on the regulating lines pulled from the painting certain areas of level ground could be formed and a structure replicating the gentle curve of a teapot. This structural extrusion is accompanied by a ramp that winds down to ground level from a second floor terrace. Topographic heights were determined by the layer in space that the objects in the painting were. The further back, the lower that area of ground. The closer to the front of the painting, the higher the ground.
Abstract landscape, frustrating, but intriguing.
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