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SAM FALLS

For his Hammer Project CALIFORNIA FLORA (NATIONAL FOREST CONDENSATION WALL), Sam Falls traveled to each of the nineteen National Forests in California to gather material for his entry-stairway installation.

“Falls covers large canvases with vegetation from the sites he visits and sprinkles them with dry pigments ranging from vibrant blues and bright yellows to more earthy hues, and then leaves them outside, exposed to the environment overnight. The condensation from rain or dew covers the surfaces in a process not unlike that used to create a photogram, requiring exposure over time so that only silhouettes of the flora remain amidst beautiful washes of color”*

 

HAMMER PROJECTS—SAM FALLS, through April 29.

HAMMER MUSEUM, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Westwood, Los Angeles.

hammer.ucla.edu/hammer-projects-sam-falls

See: Sam Falls, Kastro, Antiparos (Los Angeles: DoPe Press, 2016).

ln-cc.com/books/kastro-antiparos-by-sam-falls

Hammer Projects—Sam Falls, installation view. 2017. Image credit: Hammer Museum.

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