The Little Red House
Conceptual Work
A small concrete building sat on the edge of a cliff at Turtle bay near Ho’okipa beach on Maui. The building was made out of concrete block. It was dirty and ugly until the day I decided to appropriate it and paint it bright red and put a chrome yellow flag on the pole next to it. I didn’t bother to notify the owner or seek his permission. I was thinking about the tradition of small brightly painted buildings I had seen in my travels around the world and the exploration of the subject in art and architecture history. For Art Maui in 1992 I decided to enter the concept of appropriation and a small photo… It was quickly rejected.
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