My art is not instantly understandable, nor is it meant to be taken lightly.
Good art tends to raise questions, and it is important for artists to focus attention the debatable.
Otherwise, you get 'safe' art which serves only the prevailing popular theory. The G-Nome Project fully integrates art and architecture in the Molecular Biology Building. Since the artist, Andrew Leicester, was selected at the start of the project, he was able to work with the architectural firm Hansen Lind Meyer Inc to incorporate the art into the building's design. As a result, Iowa State University has gained a striking example of the successful merging of art and architecture, as well as a building rich in meaning and function. When Andrew Leicester was commissioned by Iowa State University to create public art for the Molecular Biology Building, he began to research the kinds of activities that would take place there.