If you've been to the Louvre - or any large museum, for that matter - - you know that the experience goes well beyond the observation of the art
It is often as much about people watching .. Artist Michelle Ramin, 34, was recently able to live his dream to walk through the Louvre, but as she struggled against his way through a crowd of iPhone customers brandishing the effort quickly turned into something that looks like an anthropological study.
Although she was obviously struck by standing in the presence of the most famous works of art world, which was stuck with it after the humanity of his journey through a dream.
born of his fascination with technology, the audience, and the distance, she created a collection of oil paintings called "Jetlag", which provides viewers a more authentic look into what is really going on inside these walls.
Michelle Ramin
In a brilliant turn, this collection pays topics people are subjects of art. It is through a process of elimination that Ramin sets authentic light on what is usually presented as a shiny gilded ambitious experiment.
Michelle Ramin
His first attempt wandering through the world's largest art museum took three exhausting hours spent climbing on people who were less concerned with research on the art that they were about to be seen by looking art.
Michelle Ramin
She and her husband needed a break from boredom, and that the break ended a period of three days. Ramin dreaded the idea of entering the fray once more, but she has yet to see the Mona Lisa. Begrudgingly, they threw themselves into the crowd.
Michelle Ramin
Not surprisingly, they were greeted with much the same - rooms full of missed connections. Viewers were standing nose to nose with the incredible art and shoulder to shoulder side by side, but if you look at these pictures carefully you will see that physical proximity and proximity are two very different things.
Michelle Ramin
"This is that life is now, "she wrote. "Waiting in line is to make an awkward eye contact with your neighbor and start a conversation about time It & rsquo; S .. living alone in our worlds through glossy screens"
Michelle Ramin
After hours and hours of trudging through crowd and face epiphanies disheartening Ramin finally found himself standing before the woman, she flew thousands of miles to see.
Michelle Ramin
"As I turned the corner to enter his room, I had the flesh . hen, "she said," This is the most famous piece of art in the world, and I & rsquo; m finally have a chance to see it! "But what she encountered was not a meeting close and personal with the Mona Lisa and her famous smile.
" It was hidden behind a sea endless faces. Not just faces but. cell phones and monitors and cameras and stretching arms to the extent that they could It was as if to say, "Well, if we can & rsquo; t get a moment alone with the painting, perhaps our phones can! "
what began as a journey through history art ended with two people crawling through what may be the largest trial of our time, but it is certainly not an experience she regrets.
Michelle Ramin
"rather than relying on the endless stream of social media pictures," she wrote, "I use painting as a means to myself and forcing the viewer to slow down and dissect the group interaction and disconnection times. "
" This process led me to a changing ;. deep questioning of art history & rsquo How the essential art of the gun will be considered once it becomes another series of digital blips on social media? "
Michelle Ramin
Although nobody ' has the answers to any questions from this collection, as the valuable knowledge can be drawn from the act of asking them.
to follow the work of Michelle Ramin, be sure to visit his site Web. If you live near Portland, Oregon, you can see this collection exhibited at the gallery Duplex between June 2 and June 30, 2016! check it out on Facebook for more details.
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