A Year of Red Earth
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Hear and Now at The Huntington
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In this episode, we bring you a conversation with Los Angeles-based and internationally renowned artist, painter, and sculptor Lita Albuquerque. During this past year, when museums around California were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Albuquerque’s outdoor installation at The Huntington, “Red Earth,” was among the few pieces of art that visitors could experience. Located near the southern entrance to the Japanese Garden, “Red Earth” features an approximately 6-by-4-foot rock slab coated with red pigment and surrounded by bamboo stalks affixed with copper-colored bands. To talk with Lita about the story behind “Red Earth” and the meanings the piece gained during this past year, we brought in our gardens cultural curator and programs director, Robert Hori.
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