This and That: Teresita Fernández and Sarah Crowner

by Jessica Fuentes November 9, 2022

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. See past “This and That” posts here. – Ed.

Today: Blue tiles

A photograph of a blue tiled wall by Teresita Fernández at the Blanton Museum of Art. The tiles are a deeper blue closer to the ground and shift lighter as they reach up the wall.

Teresita Fernández, “Stacked Waters,” 2009, cast acrylic, 240 x 795 x 561 inches, commissioned by the Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, through the generosity of Jeanne and Michael Klein, 2008.

A photograph of a blue tiled floor by Sarah Crowner installed at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa.

Sarah Crowner, “Platform (Blue Green Terracotta for JC),” 2022, ceramic tiles (by Cerámica Suro, Guadalajara, Mexico), site-specific commission and installation for the Chinati Foundation

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No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also working on that idea. Furthermore, they are using notation very similar to yours. – Bruce J. MacLennan

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