Artist: Achim Zeman
UPART CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St West
October 22nd- October 25th 2009
2009 Rooms of Wonder
Achim Zeman, an artist from Cologne Germany has taken over the main room on the second floor of the Gladstone Hotel
Achim likes to find out everything about the space he is working in. He analyzes the architecture, empathizes with it and begins to think and feel out a colored pattern which will create an illusion of movement.
He has covered the walls in a second skin that takes us into a different dimension.
Bright lime green squares burst off the walls and onto the ceiling altering our vision. I feel like a kid in one of those circus rooms where everything is tilted the optical illusion is powerful and I find my self feeling a little disoriented.
This color treatment gives us the opportunity to view the atmosphere and architecture of this space in a whole new way allowing your eye to go beyond the walls and follow the design as it overflows the surface of the Gladstone and goes outside the corners of this space.
This is only the beginning of a myriad of other rooms and installations that must be seen to be believed.
Curated by Lausberg Contemporary Gallery Toronto/Düsseldorf
www.galerie-lausberg.com
www.achimzeman.de