Sand, four industrial fans
Approximately 20’ square
BW photo: Alice Aycock (Installation at 112 Greene Street, New York, NY, 1971)
Color photo: Tim Lee (Installation at Salomon Contemporary Warehouse, East Hampton, NY, 2008)
Clay mixed with water in wood frame
48” x 48” x 6” each
Collection: FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
Overall photo: Brian Forrest (at LA MoCA, 2012)
Detail photo: Maximilian Geuter (at Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2012)
Clay flour was mixed with water and poured into nine 48 x 48 x 6 inch plywood containers. Over a period of weeks, the clay dried, hardened, shrank, and cracked.
12-sided wooden structure of 5 concentric dodecagonal rings, broken by 19 points of entry and 17 barriers
32’ diameter x 6’ high
Originally sited at Gibney Farm near New Kingston, Pennsylvania
Photo: Silver Spring Township Police Department, Mechanicsburg, PA (aerial); Alice Aycock
Earth, wood, stones
12’ h x 20’ l, roof slope 1 to 5, entrance 30” high
Permanently reconstructed at the Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
Photo: Dave Rittinger (color); Alice Aycock (BW)
Wood
14’2” long x 10’ wide x 13’4” high (original dimensions)
Photo: Jason Mandella (Color, installation at Sculpture Center, LIC, NY, 2008); Alice Aycock (BW, installation at 112 Greene Street, New York, NY, 1974)
Concrete block wall
Three concentric quadrilateral concrete-block walls: a solid masonry wall 21’4” on a side x 3’ high; a retaining wall 11’4” on a side x 4’4” high; and a center well or pit 4’ on a side x 5’ high; trench 52” wide x 4’4” high; tunnel 18” wide x 52” long x 30” high
Originally sited at Gibney Farm near New Kingston, PA
Concrete, wood, earth
Approximately 28’ x 50’ x 9’ deep
Originally sited at Merriewold West, Far Hills, NJ, 1975
Permanently reconstructed at The Fields Omi/Architecture Omi, Ghent, NY, 2011
Photo: Dave Rittinger (Color); Alice Aycock (BW)
Reinforced concrete, cast in place
Overall height: 17’– 13’ above grade, 4’ below; exterior diameter 12’; interior— a series of three concentric ledges approximately 8” wide with the following diameters: 10’8”, 9’4”, 8’; two sets of wooden stairs (12” riser to 8” tread) 7’ and 6’ high respectively; center shallow pit 56” square.
Originally sited at Silver Springs, PA
The concentric ledges are connected by a set of steep stairs so that one must walk around each ledge before climbing to the ledge below. The deepest level, sunk 4’ below the earth, has no connecting stairs.
Photo: Alice Aycock
Wood
23’ high x 18’ wide x 30’ long
Originally sited at Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
Wood and concrete
Wall facade: 40’ long; 8’, 12’, 16’, 20’, 24’ high respectively
Square tower: 24’ high x 8’ square
Tall tower group: 32’ high
Sited at Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany
Photo: Alice Aycock
Wood
28’ high x 8’ wide x 6’ long
Originally sited at Artpark, Lewiston, NY
Photo: Alice Aycock
Wall board and wood
Each wall was approximately 16’ long x 11’ high and spaced at intervals of 3’. The total depth of the wall series was approximately 65”
Photo: Alice Aycock
Wood and sheetrock
Curvilinear Section: Inside curve approximately 10’ long x 8’ high– 4’ step-up to 12’ (8” riser to 12” tread); Outside curve 20’ long x 10’ high sloping to 12’, 1’ step-up to 13’
Rectangular Section: 6’ wide x 12’ long, 12’ and 13’ high
Door in the Air: Approximately 15’ high x 4’ wide
Originally installed at 112 Greene Street, New York, NY March 19-31, 1977
Photo: Alice Aycock
Wood
3’ to 10’ high, diameter varies from 11’ to 12 1/2’
Collection: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Photo: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Wood
House approx. 8’ x 4’ x 4’; Wheel approx. 8’ diameter
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Mr & Mrs Raymond J Learsy
Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Project Entitled “The Angels Continue Turning the Wheels of the Universe Despite Their Ugly Souls: Part I,” 1978
Wood
Approximately 20’ square
Installation at Salvatore Ala Gallery, Milan, Italy
The Angels Continue Turning the Wheels of the Universe Despite their Ugly Souls, Part II, in which the Angel in the Red Dress Returns to the Center on a Yellow Cloud Above a Group of Swineherds (It was a Pseudo-World of Love-Philters and Death-Philters), 1978
Wood
23’ square x 16’ high, 7m square x 5m high
Installation at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Steel, wood, steel doors, pulleys, revolving drum
8’ h x 12’ 1 1/2” w x 38’ l
Collection: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Photo: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, Canada
Explanation, An, Of Spring and the Weight of Air (An Account of the Substances Which Have Been Used to Describe Events up to and Including Eunice Winkless’ Dive into a Pool of Water) excerpt from “The Angels Continue Turning the Wheels of the Universe Despite Their Ugly Souls, Part III,” 1979
Wood
19’ h x 18’ w x 36’ l
Originally sited at the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Photo: Ron Forth; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Alice Aycock
Wood, glass, water, theatrical lights, galvanized steel containers, birds, performer with bubbles and pipe, copper, zinc, lemon battery connected to a bird in a glass bottle floating in a pan of water
Approximately 10’ high x 15’ wide x 8’ deep
Installation at Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY, 1990; John Weber Gallery, 1979 (Photo: John Ferrari)
