In a state of reverberation Irwin's terms of sudden, physical realization – bam! – call to mind the suddenly enlightening Zen slap or rap on the forehead. It also calls to mind [Philip Guston]'s own remark..."Look at any inspired painting...it's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation." Reverberation is another way of suggesting a kind of sudden, energetic, physical experience. Philip Guston, Robert Irwin: A Conditional Art I have pacified your mindIt's dark outsideScraps of the brocade of autumn zenartunderstanding
Chazen Museum of Art A Gallery chazen.wisc.edu The Chazen’s expansive two-building site holds the second-largest collection of art in Wisconsin, and is the largest collecting museum in the Big 10. MeltdownEmpty Every Night art
Meltdown Show image 0 Show image 1 Show image 2 I created Meltdown in 2012, inspired by the 2011 earthquake in Japan. The earthquake caused an enormous tsunami, which struck and demolished the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. A massive amount of radiation was released and contaminated the environment. Ikeda Manabu chazen.wisc.edu The castle takes flight