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Courtesy of the artist.  Photograph by Ironside Photography.
Brick House
Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Ironside Photography.

Brick House

Artist (American, born 1953)
Date2015
MediumRubber tires and stainless steel
Dimensions10.5 × 26 × 13 ft. (126 1/16 in. × 26ft. 1/16 in. × 156 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCourtesy of the artist
On View
On view
Label TextThe snakelike form of Chakaia Booker’s Brick House seems to slither through the forest, suggesting a serpent’s natural habitat. In this work, Booker responds to the texture variances of a tire tread as a painter would to hues in a color palette, carefully considering how light and form intersect to develop a dynamic composition. The artist’s use of recycled rubber tires references the para rubber tree, a deciduous tree commonly found in South American rainforests. Latex extracted from this tree was typically used to create rubber tires, so this material is well suited to a forest landscape.

Las líneas ondulantes de la escultura Casa de ladrillo, de Chakaia Booker, parecen deslizarse a través de la selva, lo cual sugiere el hábitat natural de una serpiente. En esta obra, Booker responde a las distintas texturas del relieve de una llanta como un pintor lo haría frente a los tonos de una paleta de colores, es decir, considerando con cuidado cómo se entrecruzan la luz y la forma para desarrollar una composición dinámica. El uso que hace la artista de llantas recicladas remite al árbol del caucho, un árbol caducifolio que se encuentra comúnmente en los bosques tropicales de Sudamérica. El látex extraído de este árbol se utilizaba para fabricar llantas de caucho, por lo cual este material es adecuado para un paisaje forestal.
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