COLLECTION NAME:
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
mediaCollectionId
ArtArtHiAAH~7~7
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
Collection
true
Image Record ID:
aahi0005749
image_record_id
aahi0005749
Image Record ID
false
Work Title (display):
Mountain Wedge
Image Title:
installation view
Work Description:
When artist Kim Abeles conceived of the work Mountain Wedge (1985 1988), she was trying to know something about the extent to which smog in downtown Los Angeles was interrupting her ability to see the moun- tains. For 274 days in 1985 and 1986, she photographed the mountains north of downtown Los Angeles, which were obscured by smog most of the time. On 10 September 1987, she made a pilgrimage from her studio in downtown Los Angeles to the base of the mountains to be able to know how far the smog-obscured mountains are. She walked in a straight line toward the mountains, no matter what was in the way, climbing over fences, through houses and backyards, and over cars until she reached the base of the mountain. By insisting on her own firsthand bodily experience in order to know how far the besmogged mountains were from her studio, Abeles was asserting the importance of primary experience in a culture that is usually satisfied by surrogate experience of quantification and media representation. (Malloy, Judy, ed. Women, Art, and Technology. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2003: 39-40).
Work Dates (display):
1985-1987
Work Dates type:
creation
Work Creator (display):
Kim Abeles (American, born 1952)
Work Creator gender:
female
work_creator_or_agent_gender
female
Work Creator gender
false
Work Creator UCB affiliation (display):
visiting artist, Visiting Artist Program, 2001
Work Style Period:
20th century
work_styleperiod
20th century
Work Style Period
false
Work Style Period:
Contemporary
work_styleperiod
Contemporary
Work Style Period
false
Work Subject:
Los Angeles, California
subject
Los Angeles, California
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
environmentalism
subject
environmentalism
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
geography
subject
geography
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
pollution
subject
pollution
Work Subject
false
Work Worktype:
photographs
work_type
photographs
Work Worktype
false
Work Worktype:
sculpture (visual works)
work_type
sculpture (visual works)
Work Worktype
false
Work Worktype:
installations (visual works)
work_type
installations (visual works)
Work Worktype
false
Work Worktype:
gelatin silver prints
work_type
gelatin silver prints
Work Worktype
false
Work Worktype:
photographic prints
work_type
photographic prints
Work Worktype
false
Work Category (VRC classification):
sculptures and installations
work_category__ucbaahvrc_classification_
sculptures and installations
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Category (VRC classification):
photographs
work_category__ucbaahvrc_classification_
photographs
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Material and Technique (display):
silver gelatin print, wood, acrylic, paper
Work Measurements (display):
94 in (H) x 78 in (W) x 184 in (D)
Image Source Reproduction refid:
055438
Image Source Reproduction refid type:
UCBAAHVRCSlideAccessionNumber
Image Rights (display):
© Kim Abeles
Work Rights (display):
© Kim Abeles
Terms of Agreement and Conditions of Use:
YOU AGREE: Luna Imaging's Insight Software and the digital image collection associated with it (the Software) are being provided by the University of Colorado under the following license. By obtaining, using, and/or copying this work, you (the Licensee) agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with the following terms and conditions. 1. The Software contains the University of Colorado's Department of Art and Art History's implementation of a digital image collection; 2. Any images obtained through use of the Software will be used only for non-profit, educational purposes; 3. The use of images obtained through the software will only be used while the Licensee is either: a) an employee of the University of Colorado, Metropolitan State College of Denver, or the Community College of Denver, or b) an enrolled student at the University of Colorado, Metropolitan State College of Denver, or the Community College of Denver; 4. When the Licensee is no longer an employee or student of the University of Colorado, Metropolitan State College of Denver or Community College of Denver, either by an action of the University of Colorado, Metropolitan State College of Denver or the Community College of Denver or due to actions of the Licensee, the licensee will cease to use any images exported from the Department of Art and Art History's digital image collection; 5. The Licensee agrees to indemnify the University for claims and liability arising out of the use of the Software or for any violations of this license; 6. THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SUPPLIES THE SOFTWARE WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
CU Copyright Statement:
The contents of the University of Colorado Digital Library are available for your use in research, teaching, and private study. Some of these items are protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) and some items may have additional restrictions. If you use the items in this collection, make sure you abide by any restrictions stated in the descriptive data window. The nature of these collections often makes it difficult to determine the copyright status of an item. We have made every effort to provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions in the descriptive data window. Ultimately, however, it is your responsibility to use the item according to the terms governing its use. If you are a copyright holder and the information is either not listed or listed incorrectly, please let us know so that we can update the information on our site.
Holding Institution:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Collection
Collection info and contact:
For information about this collection, see