Fellow culture editor PeoplePaula recently did a wonderful write-up on the last of the Sundown Salons in Los Angeles, and the photographs in the article not only showed a salon in progress, but also the results of a stunning installation titled The Summer Before I Left New York by UCSD student Kate Wall.
The geodesic dome itself was the site for the installation in which the artist painted a fragmented interpretation of New York in shades of blue, matched direct from daily photographs of the city's skyline over the three months of 2005's summer. Each segment of the geodesic dome is carefully labeled with the corresponding date of the photograph from which the blue was derived.
Her installation is not only still available for view on site at Fritz Haeg's space, but also appeared in shows such as Where at the Queen's Nails Annex in San Francisco in the form of documentary photographs and installation of the remaining paint cans.
Kate Wall is currently working toward her MFA at UCSD's Visual Arts program and holds a BA from the Rhode Island School of Design. All photographs appear courtesy of the artist.
boygirlpartay
San Diego, CA
June 2006
AUG 13, 2006 11:29 AM