Sanitary?
- Digital reprodution of a stitched painting (silk, silk dyes and resist, thread, polyester batting)
- 36 x 36 in
- Linda Gass
'Sanitary?' is an aerial view of Newby Island Sanitary Landfill on San Francisco Bay, showing its proximity to creek channels and the Bay. Only a levee and a synthetic liner keep landfill pollutants from entering our water system, raising the question: Wouldn’t finding ways to recycle and reuse what we “throw away” be much better than putting it into a landfill?
Artist’s Statement:
"I am inspired by the relationship between humans and the water and land that sustain them. My work explores how landscapes change over time focusing on those places where destruction and renewal, wounding and healing, absence and presence overlap. The three artworks shown here explore the environmental impact of landfill and wetlands restoration on the health of San Francisco Bay, focusing on the human mark on the landscape as seen from the birds-eye point of view. Each artwork involves research such as reading scientific publications, interviewing scientists, historical and present day maps and photographs.
To make the artwork, I stretch a large piece of white silk on a frame and paint the landscape with vibrant liquid silk dyes. I then remove the silk painting from the frame and stitch it using quilting and embroidery techniques to create the highly detailed and textured landscapes you see. The aesthetic of beauty is important to my work; it helps make the serious nature of the environmental concerns I’m addressing more approachable"
- Created: 2009
- Current Location: Department of Environmental Health - 1131 Harbor Bay Pkwy Alameda, CA 94502 (google map)
- Collections: Department of Environmental Health
Alameda County Arts Commission
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