Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Sonja Hinrichsen

This large-scale Snow Drawing piece was created by San Francisco-based artist Sonja Hinrichsen with the help of generous assistance of 5 volunteers on Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado. Her work is like a snow version of Amazing Sand Drawings on California Beaches by Jim Denevan. It’s amazing how many hours were spent creating something so big yet impermanent as these drawings. “I’m not so into making art that lasts,”  “The world is saturated with manmade projects. I don’t think I need to add more things to the planet.” On the other hand, Sonja’s work is not as impermanent as it seems. Eventually the snow will melt, but the pictures are here to stay. LINK

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