Cut: 2022

The site-specific vinyl installations on the columns of the gallery were inspired by a range of midcentury orange juice glassware designs. Enlarged here and removed from the context of the domestic, the designs become abstract gestures on a well-worn theme. Like the glassware itself, much of which survives in mismatched sets sold second-hand, this installation was ephemeral and removing it at the exhibition’s conclusion destroyed it.

The vinyl floor installation is based on the border pattern from a pamphlet advertising the town of Riverside, California— the place where from two Navel orange trees, Sunkist would eventually be established. For a time, oranges would make Riverside the richest town per capita in the US. Tourists marveled at its grand mansions and manicured parks with the California Citrograph later stating, “a deep appreciation for the beautiful is not inconsistent with commercial success in orange growing.”