On Saturday, I drove up to the College of Design overlooking Pasadena and enjoyed the creativity of their students and of the artist Lynn Aldrich. This Texas born artist received her MFA at the Art Center College of Design and lives and works in Los Angeles. She creates her art out of kitchen sponges, plungers, downspouts, garden hoses and lamp shades to the delight of the viewers. As I roamed through the galleries, I was joined by children and their parents enjoying the sculpture creations. This is a twenty years retrospective of Lynn Aldrich's work. The description says "Lynn Aldrich's practice is an intersection of Minimalism and 80s appropriation methods of art making. The conceptual intermingling between the two generates a sense of politics that is infused with the spiritual." I just liked it and it brought smiles to me and others.
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| This archway made of varying in length steel downspouts are painted inside in various shades of blue. |
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| "Clean Water Act," 2003 of cut pipes, water hoses, vinyl paint on wood panel. |
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| "Ray," 2005 (Remade 2013) with sewing thread in 140 unique colors, super glue and scotch tape. |
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| "Marine Preserve," 2010 of sponges, scrubbers, scouring pads, mop heads, brushes and plastic gloves on wood panel. |
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| "Serpentarium," 2003 of garden hoses, brass connectors, cable ties, plastic, brass nozzle. |
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| "Breaker," 1999 of garden hoses, brass ends, fiberglass, wood, steel. |
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| "Starting Over: Neo-Atlantis," 2008 of sponges, scrubbers, scouring pads, mop heads, brushes, plastic gloves, plungers, plumbing parts. |
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| "Constellation," 2005/2013 of lampshades, modeling compound, gesso, acrylic. |
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| You can see the lampshades from the side view. |
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| "Designer's Choice: The Naming of the Animals," 1997-2007 of Fake fur swatches, fabric swatches, brass grommets, and brass pins. |
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| "Plastic Pacific," 2010...more garden hoses with plastic tubes. |
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| "Capital Gains, Diminishing Returns," 1996 of Waxed paper cartons. |
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| The Graduate creations are displayed in the front section of the gallery. |
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| Great view from the College of Design overlooking the Rose Bowl |
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| The student design and created automobile parked outside the building. Graduates of the school have designed many sports cars. |
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