Enjoy a detailed description of the artwork and learn about how Lithuanian-American artist, Aleksandra Kasuba made the work.
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Having studied applied arts in Lithuania, Aleksandra Kasuba’s work evolved from small-scale ceramics and paintings to monumental public installations. In parallel, she conceived futuristic architectural shelters to engage the senses, often using stretched fabrics to create environments without right angles.
In the late 1960s and 1970s, Kasuba developed a practice of making immersive interior environments. She created Spectrum, An Afterthought, after years of research into stretched fabric, the spectrum of colours, and sensory experiences. Kasuba imagined the work as a space for contemplation and sensory immersion.
Though Kasuba made a model for Spectrum, An Afterthought in 1975, the environment was only fully realised in 2014 for an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Lithuania, her country of birth. Recreated at Tate St Ives, it is accompanied by six scents corresponding with the spectral colours created by Lithuanian-American perfumer DanutΔ Pajaujis-Anonis.
Kasuba was a visionary thinker whose artwork and ideas helped shape the currents of twentieth-century art and continue to inspire artists and architects today. Her unique vision of a future built on social unity, technological innovation and harmony with nature remains ever relevant in the contemporary world.
Credits
Aleksandra Kasuba, Spectrum An Afterthought, 1975/2014. Lithuanian National Museum of Art
With thanks to Lithuanian National Museum of Art
Voice - Susanna Webster
Script - Giles Jackson
Production - 3deep Media
Producer - Saskia Mercuri
Online Edit - Menna Kamel
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