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| 'Color Field' 20' x 20' floor piece steel rods, glass beads,particle board |
As you walk into the MOCA
building, your eye is drawn to a floor art piece in the distant atrium. Liza
Lou’s “Color Field” is a richly hued carpet – it is reminiscent of what you
might see from an airplane flying low over a field of grasslands, divided by
various crop ‘colors’. This 20 by 20
foot work sits in an open space that visitors can view from any angle. Created from thousands of same-sized steel
rods and thousands of multi-colored beads of same shapes and sizes, they all
fit neatly into equally spaced small holes drilled into white particle board. Once
you get past the sheer beauty and brilliance of the color combinations as they
sit neatly in various sized square, rectangular and L-shaped forms, it is
mind-boggling to realize the time, focus and tedious journey it must have been
to create it. Lou’s piece was not created alone – her studio in Durban South
Africa where she has worked since 2005, has allowed her the opportunity to work
with 30 Zulu artisans in a non-profit center to both create work as well as developing
her economically sustainable projects. On the San Diego end, Lou had a large
group of volunteers who helped put the installation/sculpture together. ‘Color
Field’ is also experiential – as the viewer walks around it, the colors shimmer
and follow a mesmerizing and reflective pattern that blurs with the movements
and pace of the viewer. This floor canvas pays homage to color field painting
and pop art of the 60’s with a highly meticulous attention to craft.
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