Crossroads of Wine & Art: "3 L Beams"
Posted by Colleen | Wine & Art | Posted on October 29th, 2010
Since Clos Pegase is known for not only ultra premium wines but also our extensive art collection, it is only fitting that we give due diligence to our pieces that Jan shares with us and our visitors every day.
The first piece to be featured in our new series Crossroads of Wine & Art is a piece that recently got a new home on the grounds of Clos Pegase.
This is the FIRST-EVER moving of a piece of art at Clos Pegase. This week, we began the transition of the Robert Morris sculpture Three L Beams – a sculpture that took pride of place on the ground floor of the Guggenheim Museum in New York during the artist’s retrospective of his works. In 1994, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, organized a major retrospective of the artist’s work, which traveled to the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg and the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris.
Aluminum reconstruction in 3 units, Morris’s primary structures embody a single, relatively simple idea composed of geometric forms that force the spectator to confront his physical and psychological situation.
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams
3 L Beams original home
The sculpture has been at the end of our Visitors’ parking lot adjacent to Applebone Vineyard and has moved to the front lawn of the winery at the entrance. The move was for both nature and man – it was infringing a bit on our maturing vineyard, which made tractor work around it a challenge and we felt that guests would enjoy seeing the piece from a different, more prominent perspective. With the birth of the Jan & Mitsuko Wine & Art Education Foundation, we have retained a consulting artist to assist us with the preservation, care and placement of the art (of course the ultimate decision is up to Jan, who has an amazing eye for these things – he learned from the best– Mitsuko).
Moving a sculpture, especially one of this magnitude and importance, is not something undertaken lightly and we don’t expect to move pieces on a regular basis – this is the first major piece ever moved at Clos Pegase, and may be the last.
Stay tuned for the next installment of Crossroads of Wine & Art, where we will give some more background information on our other pieces in November!
