Woozy Blossom (Platanus nebulosus)
Katonah Museum of Art.
June 27 – October 31, 2010
Matthew Geller’s sixteen-foot-high perforated steel tree produces a continuous fog, inviting visitors to be engulfed in its mist and revel in its cool, moist air. The fog is in a constant state of flux, sensitive to the slightest changes in wind, temperature, and humidity. Simultaneously eerie, unexpected, and playful, Woozy Blossom transforms the Katonah Museum of Art Sculpture Garden into an ever-changing, otherworldly environment.
Like Geller’s other public art works, Woozy Blossom engages a broad cross section of the public often in situations of unusual intimacy. The work, which offers a seductive invitation to participate, supports the notion that public art can have a broad appeal without being what is most familiar.
Woozy Blossom is a portable fountain designed as a “kit-of-parts”, so it can be easily shipped to and installed in almost any outdoor venue.
2010
Steel, water, copper, pump
Dimensions variable
Woozy Blossom is a project of Creative Capital
Photographs: Margaret Fox
