Vermonica
| Vermonica | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Sheila Klein |
| Year | 1993 |
| 34°05′29″N 118°17′27″W / 34.09149°N 118.29085°W | |
Vermonica is a public art installation initiated by artist Sheila Klein in 1993.[1] The sculpture is named for the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Vermont Avenue in East Hollywood.[2] Some of the artwork's 25 lamp poles date to 1925, the year Los Angeles's Bureau of Street Lighting opened.[1] Placed in front of a Rite-Aid, the lights glow to illuminate the mini-mall parking lot it is located in at specific times during the night.[3] Sheila Klein cooperated with Los Angeles businesses, bureaus, departments and neighborhoods to erect what she describes as a "formal composition" and a "drive-in museum" of street lighting.[4] Vermonica was envisioned initially as a temporary installation with borrowed poles from the nearby streetlight yard on Santa Monica Boulevard. The sculpture was so popular, however, that it was kept installed.[1] Vermonica precedes Chris Burden's Urban Light by 15 years.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Pool, Bob. "'Vermonica' Tells Story of Lighting the City". latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ Klein, Sheila. "Sheila Klein artist page". sheilaklein.com. Sheila Klein. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ Tallia, Rob. "Vermonica". http://www.notfortourists.com. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Klein, Sheila. "sheila klein". sheilaklein.com. Sheila Klein. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ Sanchez, Jesus. "City of street lights". latimesblogs.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. com. Retrieved 2014-09-16.