Freeze W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1997

Housepaint on wall.

This was a group exhibition of Los Angeles artists organized by Carl Berg and Theo Tegelaers. A former theater, the gallery space was cavernous and raw. I proposed to make a site-installation along the high, narrow wall above the alcove where the theater’s curtain hung. Curtain hooks, a historical remnant, still ran its length. The color composition ran from one end of the gallery to the other. The title, “Freeze”, references the architectural idiom and the frigid climate at the time.