Juxtaposition of Objects in Art

Ellen Urselmann

Juxtaposition is the act or placement of two things near each other.  According to Kit White, "Unrelated images put together in the same space may be nothing more than unrelated images in the same visual field.  It is the relationship of those individual images to each other, and what those relationships describe that creates content."  I have seen some installations where objects are grouped together and arranged in a certain way that have been very successful in communicating a dynamic relationship between each object.  I find my mind wants to draw a thread from one object to another and create some type of relationship between them.  For me, successful art allows one to do this.  Enjoy!