box

A box is a box is box not.  I love volume, spaces, the complexities of transition between inside and outside, walls, planes.  I was walking through the Asian Art Gallery at the Museum of Art in Boston admiring the beautiful sculptures and day dreaming about my fantasy job... I might confess one of these days...and there at the end of a row of sculptures, reliefs and artifacts, was this incredibly amazing box.  Perfect volume, beautiful proportion, amazing detail. The front wall had a small opening allowing the viewer to take a peek at the three reliefs on the far wall of the space.  I wanted to crawl inside!  Not every box is a box!  The picture above was taken standing 12" from the opening.  Isn't it amazing how it just frames the figures perfectly? It also flattens the volume inside and pushes it towards the viewer!   I could have stood there forever! -Or until one of those very serious guards told me to walk along. - This is exactly how spaces should transition.  The perfect box!