- Title
- Ocean Vista
- Date Made
- 2007
- Medium
- Screenprint on glass
- Dimensions
- Panel C: 115 1/4 × 24 3/8 × 3/8 in. (292.74 × 61.91 × 0.95 cm)
Panel A: 115 1/4 × 57 3/4 × 3/8 in. (292.74 × 146.69 × 0.95 cm)
Panel B: 115 1/2 × 58 1/8 × 3/8 in. (293.37 × 147.64 × 0.95 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2023.243a-c
- Collecting Area
- Photography
- Curatorial Notes
Since 2003, Veronika Kellndorfer has photographed numerous modernist architectural landmarks in Southern California. Ocean Vista is an image of a Case Study home in the Pacific Palisades overlooking the ocean, designed by Ray and Charles Eames. The Case Study program was an experiment in residential architecture sponsored by Art & Architecture magazine during the boom years of single-family home building that followed World War II. The goal was to inspire designers to create an inexpensive and efficient model home. The great majority of these influential designs were built in Southern California, cementing the idea of experimental living and the indoor-outdoor model of California living.
Rather than capturing these structures in classic wide-angle views as seen in many of these now famously photographed buildings, Kellndorfer focuses on the intimate details of windows, reflections, and how light transforms the space as well as informs the ephemeral nature of seeing. The section of the home she photographed from the inside reveals large expanses of glass windows, curtains, and the plant life inside and out, and is printed on life-sized, highly reflective glass panels; her photography is “baked in” to the glass through a silkscreen process. Plants protruding into the image and returning as reflections in the windowpanes of the home create a spatial ambiguity. The perception of the viewer changes while moving around the work as the glass in turn reflects its surrounding environment, creating another layer of light and shadow.
Eve Schillo
2023/2024