Contemporary Art, M 204, Carb I, by Jackie Ferrara, 1980

image: Jackie Ferrera: M 204, Carb 1, RISD museum

King, Dorothée: Contemporary Art, M 204, Carb I, by Jackie Ferrara, 1980, in: Toby Rossner and Carol Gibson-Prugh (Ed.): RISD Museum Docent Viewpoint, September 2017.

“I think of what I do as creating places. My sources lie in architecture and landscape architecture, in graphics and design, in mathematics, cinema and theater. I look for connections: spatial, visual, historical, environmental, and architectural. And I look for ways to integrate different kinds of information, sometimes apparent, sometimes subtle, but always intending to offer an experience of unfolding discovery. I believe in the dramatic potential of the site and seek to heighten it so that encountering one of my places invites participation, a reason to stop, investigate, and absorb.”[i]

[i] Jackie Ferarra on http://www.urbanartcommission.org/artists/jackie-ferrara/, August 18, 2017