LACMA Lab: NOW! Victor Estrada, Reflections on Poetry

Victor Estrada, Reflections on Poetry

Victor Estrada
Born Los Angeles
1956
Reflections On Poetry, 2000
Sand, wood, cardboard, paint, and miscellaneous drawings
LACMA West Green (Sixth Street)

Can a sandbox be a sculpture?

When are you most creative?

Victor Estrada designed a sandbox in the shape of a person and filled it with damp sand, perfect for sculpting sand castles. He also created cardboard cutouts of the person-shape to paint and stake in the lawn around the sandbox.

Estrada hopes visitors won't just look at his artwork—he wants them to pick up a paintbrush or get dirty in the sandbox. Estrada sees creativity as part of everyday life: you can be creative in an artist's studio, in a sandbox, or in your classroom. He believes that anyone can be an artist, and that art is not an activity for a few people. What do you think? Can anyone be an artist?

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A LACMALab Exhibition
Free at Boone Children's Gallery LACMA West, NE corner of Fairfax and Wilshire, L.A. 90036
September 7, 2000, through September 9, 2001
E-mail: LACMALab@lacma.org

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