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Date(s) - 04/08/2016 - 08/20/2016
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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David Ireland House
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The second exhibition at the David Ireland House since its inaugural opening to the public, The Sound of Blue continues to introduce viewers to the late artist’s home and artistic practice with a new installation of work drawn from the 500 Capp Street Foundation’s collection. Guest curated by artist Rebecca Goldfarb, the evolving, site-specific installation presents a selection of artworks in various media that explore the riddles embedded in Ireland’s work, his interest in sensory experience, and the marking of time.
The exhibition takes its title from the name of a rarely experienced sculpture Ireland made in 1983, The Sound of Blue –which consists of a copper pipe on a concrete base that houses a propane tank. Upon lighting, a blue flame appears and the sound of ignition is amplified by a small microphone – a piece that illustrates Ireland’s fascination with sound, sight, and language, and how sensory information is processed and experienced.
Goldfarb, who has selected the works on view, has also invited three additional Bay Area artists and the home’s docents to participate in the show by reinterpreting and reconfiguring the installation over the course of its run. Designer and creator of Fuseproject Yves Béhar, filmmaker and Executive Director of the Black Rock Arts Foundation and Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives for Burning Man Tomas McCabe, and San Francisco based artist Amy Trachtenberg will in turn intervene and re-situate certain pieces in the house, thereby creating an exhibition in a continual state of flux. Each will bring their personal experiences and backgrounds to Ireland’s work, allowing new meanings to arise, expanding on the artist’s process-based vocabulary, and echoing his contemplations on the inconstancy of life.