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Brick House [2015] – by Chakaia Booker

Description: 10 1/2′ x 26′ x 13′ / Rubber tires, rubber and stainless steel.

Installed in October 2015.

Location: Bloomingdale Trail at Damen.

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Brick House is the first in the series of temporary installations at Bloomingdale Trail, also known as 606.
The piece was selected through an invitational process guided by a partnership between the Trust for Public Land, the Chicago Park District [CPD], and Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events [DCASE].

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 Some image from Work-in-Progress

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Wikipedia informs.. click here.. Booker began working with rubber tires in the early 1990s and presently continues to work in this medium. The various tread patterns, colors, and widths which the tires possess create a palette for Booker similar to the palette of painter. Booker’s utiliztation of tires was considered to be an “aesthetic response to the urban landscape of Northern New Jersey.” The rubber and tires were transformed into fluid materials giving them a new life and energy. The tires represented metaphors which satisfied aesthetic, political, and economic concerns.

 

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Dinner with artist Chakaia Booker, and the super talented, amazing people who usually work behind the scenes and make things happen: Monique Meloche (Monique Meloche Gallery), Allison Glenn (Monique Meloche Gallery), Beth White (Trust for Public Land), Caroline O’Boyle (Trust for Public Land), Susan Friel (DCASE), Tracie Hall (DCASE) and Nathan Mason (DCASE)!

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