March 17, 2004
There are people living in the toaster
Our art class today took a tour of the SJ Museum of Art's new Domestic Odyssey exhibit. The highlight was an amazing three-dimensional, 168-square-foot replica of a typical 1950s American kitchen that the artist Liza Lou has covered with over 20 million brightly-colored beads. It includes a colorful tile counter and dish-filled sink, a cherry pie cooling on an over rack, and even dust balls under the refrigerator. I had seen her back yard picnic installation once (at the museum in Grand Central Station maybe?) but this was even better and really just utterly amazing.
My other favorites was a whole miniature dining room and kitchen inside a toaster oven by Helen Cohen, a wall hanging and tower made out of brightly colored sponges by An Te Liu, and a gigantic red couch eating all the other living room furniture, by the artist who did the fun Defenestration building in SF.
Posted by Emily at March 17, 2004 01:25 PM