Lost in a Lamp Forest
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Lost in a Lamp Forest
Artist
Jennie Breeze
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Photograph - Original Img_9072
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Urban Light is a large-scale assemblage sculpture by Chris Burden located at the Wilshire Boulevard entrance to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The installation consists of 202 restored street lamps from the 1920s and 1930s. Most of them once lit the streets of Southern California. Since its 2008 installation, Urban Light has become a much photographed location, leading some observers to declare the work a Los Angeles icon. The cast iron street lamps are of 17 styles, which vary depending on the municipality that commissioned them. They range from about 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 meters), are painted a uniform gray and placed, forest-like, in a near grid. The lights are solar powered and switched on at dusk.
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September 1st, 2015
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