Invisible Sculpture + Art Therapy (needed)

Invisible Sculpture + Art Therapy (needed)

Invisible Sculpture

Speaking of the abstract, recently, we got to see (or actually, not see) Buddha In Contemplation. It's an invisible sculpture by Salvatore Garau. The sculpture, delineated by a 5x5ft square drawn in white lines, is on a cobblestone street in Milan. It's made of air and spirit, duh! And now Garau sold an NFT (non-fungible token or smart contract) of another invisible sculpture. The title of the unseen sculpture meant to display in a private space in natural light, I Am. Selling the work as an NFT to him (and the buyer, too) is proof that it is real. Wow. Just. Wow.

But as any art history person knows, taking everyday items (in this case, the air we breathe) and calling them art is, of course, nothing new. The Dadaists were the first to shake things up when we got Marcel Duchamp's bike wheel and, my favorite, his urinal, Fountain. I remember feeling outraged at the Dadaists when I first read about them. But their genius took only a short time to click for me, and Salvatore Garau's invisible sculptures take the Dadaist idea to a new extreme.

Art Therapy

Though I understand what the Dada movement did, pushing the limits of what art is is essential. I am here, a simple painter trying to paint.

I don't need to be so conceptual with my art. I love the magic that happens when I stay in the flow, in the zone.

My cousin Jaime is getting her master's in Art Therapy at the Chicago Art Institute right now. She told me that how I look at painting reminds her of some therapeutic techniques used in art therapy. As it happens, to combat self-doubt, there is nothing better to do than keep making art.

My art: my problem and my solution.

Ahh, being human. Isn't it something!

- Kim