During week 5 we were researching the principles of gestalt to incorporate into our art pieces dealing with texture and symmetry. Gestalt is a complete configuration that is perceived through psychological closure, which is perceived to be larger than the sum of its parts. In a composition, each element must be related to each other in some kind of way or the viewer will see the composition as incomplete. The principle of gestalt that was just described is known as unity or grouping. The other principles of gestalt are containment, repetition, proximity, continuity and closure. This piece Rheo by Nancy Graves does an excellent job in demonstrating proximity. Proximity is the distance between objects. With the use of proximity opposite objects can be grouped together. In this piece the large yellow square in the middle is what brings all the objects together to create a complete composition. Without the large yellow square the other squares would look as though they don’t belong and thus make the piece incomplete. Also with the use of proximity it can create energy within a piece. The energy is created when the little squares within the piece almost touch and the energy is then contained between the two objects. Separate, the objects retain their own shapes creating tension but when the objects touch and overlap as shown at the bottom the energy is broken creating a completely new shape out of common shapes. As shown in this piece just by using one principle of gestalt it unifies the objects creating a complete composition.
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