The Wind at Night
The Wind at Night (A), 2019
steel, cardboard, foam coat, aluminum sign board, acrylic paint
4 units: Yellow (40”W x 30”D x 88”H), Pink (36”W x 24”D x 105”H), Orange (43”W, 21.5”D x 106”H), Blue (51.5”W x 21.5”D x 114.5”H)
The four units are separate but comprise a single piece. Color and shape shift radically in relation to viewpoint, formally reflecting even slight differences in position. From certain angles the forms compress, nearly disappearing into their own profiles.
The title was inspired by the almost constant wind in the high desert of Southern California: the rocks sit still but the plants shift and shake in the breeze, a flow of difference continuing whether we are there to witness this movement or not.
The Wind at Night (B), 2019
nine bricks, twine, MDF, acrylic paint
34”W x 19”D x 97”H
The arcing bricks describe a roughly curved plane to support the vertical disc. The circle is 1/4” thick, painted a very light magenta on one side and a pale green on the other.
The Wind at Night (C), 2018
3 drawings, 18” W x 24” H each
gouache, acrylic, and pencil on paper
The “sweep spaces” of the metronomes contain tracings of shadows cast sequentially, from left to right, from the same wilting mugwort clipping. The grays of the metronomes are the same while the background pinks modulate in steps to become more saturated.