The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 21, 2024
Rust
2014
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Since cities are constantly in transition, Sara VanDerBeek bases her city “portraits” on areas that are historically important or have undergone dramatic shifts.Description
Rust was inspired by rusty metal roofing from the Alhambra apartments in the Cleveland neighborhood of Hough, which were demolished in 2011. VanDerBeek toned the image blue, a color that recalled for her “the quality of light and the presence of the sky and various materials throughout Cleveland,” blueprints in the studio of the late architect Robert Little, and cyanotypes, an early photographic process related to blueprints. The horizontal lines and gradually deepening color could be read as a seascape or the sky at dusk, transforming an image of urban decay into an image of natural beauty.- 2014–21Sara VanDerBeek (the artist) [b. 1976]September 13, 2021-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Steven Litt, “Sara VanDerBeek avoids ‘ruin porn’ cliches in MOCA Cleveland show on decay in Hough and East Cleveland – and growth in Uptown, Cleveland Plain Dealer, posted May 7, 2014, updated January 12, 2019, www.cleveland.com
- {{cite web|title=Rust|url=false|author=Sara VanDerBeek|year=2014|access-date=21 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.151