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"Yellow Remains Constant" by Kris Lanzer

One day, the lovely color yellow found its way to a room. It landed on the wall, in the wall, and in front of the wall. Then the lights came on and created shadows. Air flow created movement. The yellow pompoms swayed and so did their shadows.

The idea behind this piece is about my sensory delight with the color yellow. It is warm and fuzzy, it is light, it glows, it is spacious and atmospheric, you can’t put your finger on it, but you can go through it like buttah. It is melty, cheerful, playful, soft and responsive.

"Yellow Remains Constant" is the work I created in 1996 during a blizzard in Albany, NY at the Art Annex. It established my leap from mixed media painting into the contemporary genre of installation art.

Thirty years later, I am still inspired by the the warm fuzzy feeling of yellow. I continue to build installations with various materials in unexpected ways. The experiential nuances naturally encourage the viewer to respond with discovery, curiosity, spark, playfulness, imagination, desire to touch, a sense of connection, meaning, and well being.

Happy Birthday Yellow Remains Constant!