Culturemap // Steven Devadanam // 07.14.20: The University of Houston has made headlines of late with news of a cutting-edge, COVID-killing device that could be a major game changer. Now the school has announced a splashy new public art installation that’s set to open this fall.
Appropriately dubbed “Color Field,” the new outdoor sculpture installation will debut in October and is meant to embody the theme that “art is all around us,” according to a press release. The traveling show featuring seven artists — organized in partnership with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas — will remain on view through May 2021.
The inspiration behind “Color Field” is a mid-20th-century painting style of the same name, characterized by large areas of single colors and surfaces devoid of realistic representation.