forms of corners in rooms and in gardens...
the image on the top is from an american home magazine from the 1930's. unfortunately i forgot to notate what issue and exactly what year it is from. the image, from an article on home gardening, attracted me initially simply because of the drawing style, which i think is pretty great.
while clearing some clippings off my studio desk this morning, i found the image again, and i realized how much the wedge shaped troughs reminded me of an early richard serra piece, Gutter Corner Splash: Late Shift, 1969/1995, where he threw hot lead into corners of a room, with the final installation consisting of the lead corners strewn on the floor. the piece is owned by sfmoma, and i remember seeing it installed a few years ago. there's more info here, including some nice little quicktime movies.
Labels: american home magazine, corners, gardening, richard serra
2 Comments:
i bet all that lead took a few years off serra's life expectancy.
the man in the drawing has head & limbs disposed very gracefully, as if he were performing a dance, certainly not doing anything so mundane as ditch-digging.
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