Test Site, 2006
Acrylic plastic, metal
Upside Down Mushroom Room, 2000
Polyester, wood, paint, metal, electrical motors, and polystyrol.
Sphere, 1999
Brass
Hippopotamus, 2007
Polyurethane, horn, and glass.
Upside Down Glasses, 2001
Glass optics, aluminum, steel, polyethylene, nylon, and leather.
Interestingly enough, Carsten Höller started his career as a biologist, specializing in the olfactory senses of insects. He started experimenting with art in the late 1980’s and has been doing that since. In a couple of his series, you can tell his history with a career as a biologist heavily influenced his artwork. He uses many animal shapes such as the Hippopotamus, chimpanzees, etc. The one specific thing that I like about his work is that he makes it very interactive. In Upside Down Glasses, he had a team of people wear these glasses that are made for you to see the world upside down and he had them take it off after wearing them a week. The eyes had to heavily adjust afterwards. Many of the works by Carsten are so provoking that you can’t help but look twice.
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I think that its so cool and unique how the artist made upside down glasses so viewers can experience the world in a different light. This reminds me of a psychology experiment that took place in England, where participants had to view the world upside for weeks and they said that they felt so nauseous and sick for the first few days but recovered rather quickly. I also think the hippopotamus piece is kind of cute!
His work is really abstract and enormouse! I also thought the upside gown glasses were interesting. For someone to even think of such an invention is very creative. I would love to be able to try it.
I love the fact that he was a Biologist before he was an artist! The art of science 🙂
I think the upside down glasses are really interesting and it makes me want to try them. The upside down mushroom room also stood out to me because the color is very vibrant.
I think this artist is really similar to Roxy Paine, and i like the artwork because it is visually appealing and very creative
Its funny that he was initially a scientist! A lot of his work expresses childlike perceptions of the world around you, especially his use of color. I like the scale of his work as well. The slide is my favorite. It has performance element that is unique to the individuals experience riding it.