Pipilotti Rist is an installation artist from Switzerland. She works with video, film and moving imagery to create incredible, strongly impacting pieces of art that are often large scale and interactive.
I came across her after being shown “Ever Is Over All”, a piece of art featuring projections of a woman smashing car windows with a flower, which is simultaneously ridiculous and gripping.
I am in love with Rist’s use of colour. Each and every one of her pieces features vivid colour, and many of them features influences of nature, such as flowers and outer-space.
Exploring Rist + analysis + comparing
Pipilotti Rist is an installation artist.
I am not an installation artist, and installation is not something that I wish to explore, although I feel that I can draw inspiration from Pipilotti’s work which I can translate into 2D works.
Rist is adventurous with her use of colour. Colour is important in my own work, although I think that there is a fine line between vivid colours being seen as effective, or childish. (I think that this is a misconception in the art world, as every colour can individually be used to evoke different emotions e.g red for passion / anger).
I feel that Rist’s work is unapologetically vivid, bright and full of life and personality. Personally, when I observe her work, I feel happiness and curiosity. Her pieces are large scale, but they are not daunting or dominant. They are welcoming, so people walk in and around them.
There is a desire to be in and amongst the colours and patterns, especially due to the fact that most of Pipilotti’s work is installation. Viewers can approach and become part of the work, by lending their own figures and creating shadows.
I am intrigued by Pipilotti’s use of projection. The shadows of audience members can alter the piece altogether. See below.
Without human interaction, the image would be nowhere near as strong. I am interested by the silhouette formed.
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