"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
"Revival Field" (1991)
"Revival Field," 1991
Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota
Plants, and industrial fencing on a hazardous waste landfill, approximately 60 x 60 x 9 feet
Courtesy the Artist
Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota
Plants, and industrial fencing on a hazardous waste landfill, approximately 60 x 60 x 9 feet
Courtesy the Artist
"You have to create a condition for an idea to survive. It’s like creating an economy to make it worthwhile to promote. I had to see the big picture of things. If you say, 'Okay, this has to be completed after I’m dead,' then what do you need to do to make it work? It has to be self-sustaining. It has to prove itself to be self-sustaining."
- Mel Chin
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