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Sculpture and Installations Garden and Landscape Architecture and City Planning For the Stuart Collection Wegman created his first major outdoor permanent sculpture: he installed a scenic - or nonscenic - overlook at one edge of the campus, near the location of the university's theater and dance complex. The site commands a view not of the Pacific Ocean, visible from the other side of the university, or some other pristine wilderness view, but of La Jolla's suburban sprawl. The centerpiece of La Jolla Vista View is a long bronze map; it transposes from Wegman's idiosyncratic drawing the supposed "points of interest" discernible from the overlook. These include housing developments, construction sites, and the footbridge connecting UCSD with the shopping center adjacent to the campus. Wegman's overlook, complete with a telescope, drinking fountain, and picnic table set under a palm tree, makes a simple cartoonlike connection between Southern California's still-picturesque natural scenery and its booming economic growth/development which places an ever-increasing strain on the region's environment. UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact) Theater and dance complex: University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California, United States
Type
image
Format
Stone (rock), bronze map, telescope, drinking fountain, and picnic table; site approximately 4,400 square feet
Form/Genre
interactive art overlooks site-specific works plaques (flat objects) installations (visual works) markers (monuments) memorials outdoor sculpture public art
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb6008453q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
American Urban planning Tourism Irony Neighborhoods Nature Cities Humor Landscapes (representations) Contemporary University of California, San Diego--History Interactive art Overlooks Site-specific works Plaques (flat objects) Installations (visual works) Markers (monuments) Memorials Outdoor sculpture Public art La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Place
La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
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