Irwin has a very unique aspect of how he looks at an object. I think that by doing this he broadens the limits of what an object should do corresponding to the space
in which it is in. In one of the exhibitions space he has what is called”Light and Space II” This installation is a bunch of florescent light bulbs
That are mounted at right angles in a non-repeating,formation.In this Installation Irwin plays with his idea that objects should not have an ending point. This particular one has no focal point.
Although Irwin does have focal points in which he would like the viewer link to his
work and they are Light, Architecture and Space.
“The presentation and placement of these works became as critical as the object itself, and in developing these ideas, Irwin sought to dissolve the distinction between the edge of the sculpture and its environment.” quoted from a blogger
I find that a lot of the wok that he does is to eliminate that border between
what we see as the end and beginning an object.Irwin says that there is no such thing as an empty room. I never really thought of that but now that i think about it I suppose that it is true. I you think about what we see when we say its an empty room we say its empty when there are no objects in the room. Even a room with only a fan on the ceiling would be considered to be an empty room. But this would no be true because the fan itself is an object it just isn’t taken into consideration but when you look at the room architecturally the walls and the fan are considered objects as well as the shadows that are made. A Shadow gives the perception that something is there therefore no longer making an empty room an empty room.
Priscilla Zavala