MoMA: Beyond the Visible: The Art of Odilon Redon

Odilon Redon was a Nineteenth Century French Symbolist painter whose bizarre and startling black and white oeuvres were influenced by writings of Edgar Allen Poe and other authors of the time. His recent winter exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art was titled, “Beyond the Visible: The Art of Odilon Redon.”

To recreate a sense of mystery and dwelling in the unknown or subconscious, Behavior developed a dynamic, flash-based site that empowers users to explore works from his career. A rich, dark color palette was used to reflect the blackness of Redon’s early “noirs”. The site is segmented into “Monsters”, “Metamorphosis”, and “Tales” which represent themes that appear throughout Redon’s work. This approach encourages users to explore his oeuvres through a fixed lens, learing about the works on a deeper level within detail pages that examine the influence of his drawings through the context of the writings.

An interactive kiosk version of the site accompanied the physical exhibition. Its central location in the middle of the gallery space enabled viewers to experiece some of the works and use the kiosk as a learning aid to discover deeper thematic relationships between Redon’s art and his inspiration.