Scattering Screen
Scattering Screen
Artist
Alyson Shotz
(born 1964)
Date2016
MediumStainless steel and stainless steel wire
Dimensions108 in. × 18ft. × 28 in. (274.3 × 548.6 × 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2017.14
Accession number
2017.14
On View
On viewLabel TextMove your body from side to side in front of this sculpture, and notice your reflection. Alyson Shotz created Scattering Screen with thousands of polished stainless steel circles, woven together with wire. As the individual discs shift and move, they simultaneously capture light and let it pass through. The images reflected from its surface give the sculpture the appearance of weightlessness, pointing to the artist’s interest in the intersection of math, science, and contemporary art.
Mueva su cuerpo de un lado a otro frente a esta escultura y observe su reflejo. Alyson Shotz creó la Pantalla desperdigada con miles de círculos de acero inoxidable pulido, tejidos con alambre. Al girarse y moverse, cada disco captura y deja pasar la luz simultáneamente. Las imágenes que se reflejan en su superficie otorgan a la escultura la sensación de ingravidez, lo que apunta al interés de la artista por la intersección entre las matemáticas, la ciencia y el arte contemporáneo.
