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RGB Windows adapted for The Underground Museum (2001-2017)

Diana Thater and Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects [LOHA]

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Designer
Diana Thater and Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
Client
The Underground Museum
Floor area
55.00 ㎡
Completion
2017

“Color is nothing to be afraid of.” Diana Thater “Color is soulful.” Lorcan O’Herlihy For an exhibition entitled "Artists of Color," The Underground Museum engaged LOHA to collaborate with artist Diana Thater to design an adaptation of her 2001 installation RGB Windows for MOCA (2001), originally presented at The Geffen Contemporary. LOHA’s expertise in creating socially engaging spaces, employing bold color, and manipulating unorthodox materials made for a perfect pairing with Thater, an artist who explores the convergence of light, color, and architecture in her work. Thater’s original work, now a part of MOCA’s permanent collection, was an architectural intervention in the glass entry doors of the museum, in which Thater applied sequential (red, blue, and green) colored mylar directly to the glass. RGB, the primary colors represented in electronic media and the building blocks for every other color, are segmented and projected by way of natural sunlight, casting dramatic colored light into the museum floor. In approaching the 2017 adaption of this work for "Artists of Color," an exhibition that showcases color-driven work in the form of monochrome, hard-edge, and color field painting, LOHA envisioned an immersive installation that focused on transforming visual perception through an aesthetic experience.