Mixed Media Assemblage | 14 x 20 x 4 inches | Custom Framed
 
Art Seeks a Viewer playfully probes the bond between art and audience in an installation-style museum vignette. The subject of a photograph — an ornate necklace — literally spills from its frame in search of an onlooker, a whimsical yet pointed metaphor for art’s need to be seen.
 
The quiet marble floor and muted walls offset the necklace’s bold and saturated palette — royal blue, cobalt, aqua, gold, and bright yellow — and its refined components of citrine, golden rutilated quartz, freshwater pearls, and Murano glass. The contrast sharpens the work’s conceptual tension while keeping the presentation elegantly restrained.
 
Inspired by exhibition openings where guests, deep in conversation, turn their backs to the work, this concept-driven scene balances wit with a gentle critique of how attention is given — and withheld — in a gallery.
 
Materials: Photograph, dollhouse miniatures, citrine, golden rutilated quartz, freshwater pearls, Murano glass, wood, paper
 
Framing: Archival museum glass in a deep black custom frame by Chevy Chase Art Gallery, Washington, DC.