Amuse 126

           
            Running water. Noxious fumes. Vortexes. The dripping of blood. Vestigial parts eroding. These appear to be taken from a science magazine but they are not. These are the images that come to mind when looking at one of AMUSE 126’s newer pieces. It is featured in an undisclosed building’s interior wall. This location tells a story of neglect, as the walls have holes and the hardwood floors are blackened, making the clean artwork look out of place.
            Once one lays his eyes on Amuse’s piece he will swear it was moving. Flowing black and brown lines that extend from the negative space between the M and the S look like noxious fumes lingering through the air. Free floating and undulating black lines that thicken as they retreat from the main focal point add to the lingering air effect. Disconnected lines from the bottom of the A, in partnership with white lines cutting into the A, gives the viewer an impression of a cracking and crumbling sandstone rock. Keen white lines cut into and exit out of the S. They resemble a bear’s claw that slashed into the meat of the letter. Accent lines permeating from the top of the letter S gives the viewer a sense that the S is collapsing in on itself; especially since the letter’s width is spacious on top but suddenly thins at the curve. This fading contrasts with the rest of the letters, whose tops are sharp and defined. Multiple shades of blue and white stream throughout the whole piece. They end as Aqua blue lines that ribbon around the leg of the R only to be pressurized and gushed out of the end in thin streams. All of this is only the half of it. Everything is topped off by blood red dripping from multiple points, which gives a final impression that the letters are in pain, as if they where calm and at rest before an artist came and ransacked them. Even the tags on either side seemed to be attacked.
             Normally an artist attempts to create his art in a way that will lure it’s viewer closer. Instead this piece has a menacing look, one that makes the viewer feel like he will be sucked into the chaos if they come too close.These are the robust images of AMUSE 126’s new piece. One whose location will never be advertised nor filled with well dressed people sipping on wine but will be left in that deteriorating building, only to be viewed by a few people who accidentally stumble upon it while exploring the nooks and crannies of Chicago.