Art Gallery Gone Wild

Lambie has covered the entire rotunda is a riot of colours

This afternoon I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery to check out its latest exhibitions. There's a comprehensive examination of Emily Carr, her life and work on the ground floor that I'll talk about in another post, and in the rotunda is a wild almost psychedelic art installation!

The rotunda area is usually neutral, grey to complement the marble, but the curved staircase and foyer are covered in a riot of lines and colours.

It's called Zobop (Colour-Chrome) by Scottish artist Jim Lambie, who is also a DJ and musician.

Zobop is his floor-based installations he has done since the 1990s that mesmerise and attracts visitors to interact with the space.

Lambie uses inexpensive, ready-made materials for this work, and here he uses industrial vinyl tape to contour the space, so each one is site specific.

The concentric patterns amplify the geometry of the space, resulting in a playful yet disorienting effect.

Placing this work in this particular area of the gallery is ideal, because as visitors go up or down each floor they get a different perspective on the space and colours.

And of course people can't help but take selfies here!