‘The Art of Scent’ at the Museum of Art & Design

'The Art of Scent,' Museum of Art and Design, Installation view, 2012.
‘The Art of Scent,’ Museum of Art and Design, Installation view, 2012.

Though it looks like a mini-version of a Doug Wheeler Light & Space installation crossed with a urinal and an abstracted cleavage, this wall indentation (designed by architecture firm Diller, Scofidio & Renfro) is the receptacle for an artwork that is scent alone.  It is one of twelve concoctions on display in the Museum of Art & Design’s ‘The Art of Scent’ and is called L’Eau d’Issey after designer Issay Miyake, who commissioned a scent that would suggest water.  (Through Feb 24th, 2013).