I had the privilege of catching Andy Vogt in the process of making this piece. We chatted for awhile, as he worked putting lath into the chain link fence. This space surrounds a temporary landing spot for the Museum of Craft and Art. The museum is presently in a storage unit plunked down on the corner of Hayes and Octavia. The exhibit around the museum will run through October of 2011 and is entitled Place Making. The museum invited three artists and architects to design installations based on the sites impermanent condition with architectural themes consisting of proxy, transparency, layering and light.
Andy was the creator of the first of these installations. He is a San Francisco based artist with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon. His biggest constraint was putting sculptural elements into this space. Lath is typically no more than four feet long, but Andy was working with many pieces that were much shorter. Then he had the width and height of the chain link panels which was already installed before he began work. His work is really rather phenomenal, there is such an earthy quality to working with reclaimed lath, it has such wonderful different tones and age marks, making many personalities blend into one installation.
His website has photos of other installations he has done.
This installation is not longer available for viewing.
How very cool! This sounds like a fascinating installation, and I have added to my list. Your photos are great examples of pattern and repetition.
Principessa, Thanks so much for visiting my blog. I do enjoy your comments, both at the blog and at PI. The above piece of art is pretty wild.
So many wonderful patterns going on there…what a fun place to shoot…and how much fun to meet the artist!
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and for your kind words! After browsing your blogs I can see you would really appreciate the architecture and artisans of my little travels! We must be friends!