Here is my 'sketch' of what I am installing in one of the five ACT theater windows. They approached SOIL to fill five of their windows with artwork. Since many of the plays address America, we decided to do a series of windows that progress through out time (40's-present) through various representations. The only constraints were that they had a limited color palette of all whites and neutrals with one pop of color. My era is the 40's-50's and I have drawn my inspiration from Pompeii surprisingly enough. I remember once seeing a kitchen scene from Pompeii in which the residents, fleeing the pyroclastic material heading their way, left their kitchens exactly as they were the day Vesuvius exploded. It is surprising to find but organic materials such as eggs, bread and cloth all were preserved even today.
I feel that so much of the 50's in particular is painted in a very wholesome manner. My idea was to apply this same sort of Pompeii feel to this 40's-50's kitchen scene. A scene in which the residents, for some urgent reason, had to leave their kitchen in a hurry. Leaving the toaster to scorch the wall and a bowl of fruit to rot onto the tablecloth.
It's a lot of work but since most of it is stage setting really (a nod to the theater) I think I will be able to get all the elements that I want.
