INSTALLATION > Escape

Oakland Museum of California at the Oakland International Airport
Terminal 2, between gates 25 & 26
February 2 to April 28, 2013
(extended through June 7, 2013)


Created for and exhibited as part of the show Paper Work: When Paper Becomes Art.



Site-specific / site-responsive installation: Tracing paper structured within a museum display case. From the moment of installation, the paper succumbs to the force of gravity and compresses within the case.

Escape
Tracing paper
93 x 177 x 25 inches
2013
Installation of ESCAPE by Modesto Covarrubias next to quilt by Monica Canilao. Terminal 2, Oakland International Airport.
Tracing paper
93 x 177 x 25 inches
2013
ESCAPE, an installation made of hundreds of yards of tracing paper, structured within a museum display case. Modesto Covarrubias
Tracing paper
93 x 177 x 25 inches
2013
Modesto Covarrubias utilized paper in a structural method to create a site-specific installation at the Oakland International Airport.
Tracing paper
93 x 177 x 25 inches
2013
Escape Oakland International Airport Detail Tracing Paper Installation Modesto Covarrubias
Tracing Paper
93 x 177 x 25 inches
2013
Detail shot of work ESCAPE on the date it was installed (January 30, 2013). Modesto Covarrubias, artist.
Tracing paper
93 x 177 x 25 inches
2013
Escape Oakland Airport Installation Paper Work exhibition Oakland Museum of California
Tracing paper
93 x 177 x 25 inches
2013