Sunday, June 3, 2012

Exhibitions | Alice Aycock “A Simple Network of Underground Wells and Tunnels”


Alice Aycock “A Simple Network of Underground Wells and Tunnels” opened on June 2 at The Fields Sculpture Park and Architecture Omi in Ghent (NY).
The earthwork, measuring approximately 28’ wide x 50’ long x 9’ deep combines concrete block, wood, earth; it is a reconstruction  of a 1975 project constructed by the artist for an exhibition titled “Projects in Nature” in 1975 at Merriewold West, Far Hills, New Jersey.
From the artist’s description the work is “a subterranean network of passages set up for the purpose of operating below the surface of the earth”.