Ernesto Neto
17.12.20 Smell: I've written more about the way that Neto uses smell in his work here..
Ernesto Neto (in Galerie Max Hetzler, no date) creates walk-through ‘environments…(which) engage all the senses and invite (visitors) to interact.’ I
haven't ever experienced one of his monumental artscapes, but I'd really like to. I'm fascinated by the way he uses smell in his work by incorporating spices into sections of them. I think that multi sensory, immersive artwork would be really interesting to devise. I’d like to trial some larger scale, immersive and interactive installations as part of my research, where the ‘passive viewer becomes an active participant-performer’
"This art appeals to all the senses, it is a holistic experience. Ernesto Neto's sculptures (often they are sculptural landscapes rather than individually distinguished artifacts) seductively lead the eyes along their surface. Odors emanate: turmeric, cumin and other exotic spices stimulate the nose. Many of the works can, are even supposed to be touched [...]. Reception of the art is an active process. And Neto goes even further: he lets people penetrate into his works. "Naves" are what he calls the sculptural creations he has made since 1997, composed from membranes of stretched fabric that can be walked through, that can be physically conquered, that are supposed to be used." (Preuss)
(Sebastian Preuss, The universe behind the skin in Ernesto Neto: From Sebastian to Olivia, Galerie Max Hetzler and Holzwarth Publications, 2009)
Galerie Max Hetzler (no date) Ernesto Neto, Available at: https://www.maxhetzler.com/artists/ernesto-neto (Accessed: 20 December 2019)
haven't ever experienced one of his monumental artscapes, but I'd really like to. I'm fascinated by the way he uses smell in his work by incorporating spices into sections of them. I think that multi sensory, immersive artwork would be really interesting to devise. I’d like to trial some larger scale, immersive and interactive installations as part of my research, where the ‘passive viewer becomes an active participant-performer’
"This art appeals to all the senses, it is a holistic experience. Ernesto Neto's sculptures (often they are sculptural landscapes rather than individually distinguished artifacts) seductively lead the eyes along their surface. Odors emanate: turmeric, cumin and other exotic spices stimulate the nose. Many of the works can, are even supposed to be touched [...]. Reception of the art is an active process. And Neto goes even further: he lets people penetrate into his works. "Naves" are what he calls the sculptural creations he has made since 1997, composed from membranes of stretched fabric that can be walked through, that can be physically conquered, that are supposed to be used." (Preuss)
(Sebastian Preuss, The universe behind the skin in Ernesto Neto: From Sebastian to Olivia, Galerie Max Hetzler and Holzwarth Publications, 2009)
Galerie Max Hetzler (no date) Ernesto Neto, Available at: https://www.maxhetzler.com/artists/ernesto-neto (Accessed: 20 December 2019)