How Do Artworks Reveal What Our Rooms Say About Us?
(2016), from the photographer’s “Mass Production Comes Home” series. In 1916, Henri Matisse painted T he Piano Lesson, which features his young son Pierre at the family piano. Part of a seminal series of intimate portraits, the work is a visual illusion that blurs the boundaries between inside and outside. Points of entry are unclear; the assumed safety of shelter feels precarious, even slightly threatened. The public display of our private spaces has a long history in art-making. From photographers to dancers and other creatives, many artists have attempted to engage with interiors...