Art Over Your Head
Touch-Up; Installation by Gina Kuraner

In response to the nostalgic turn-of-the-century look of One Colorado's brick buildings, Gina Kuraner suspends ironing boards belly-up, spanning the 15-foot Miller Alley. There are about 18 of these ironing boards extending out from four open upper-story windows on one side to the wall on the other side. The piece comments on the recent gentrification of downtown Pasadena and the mechanization of the clothing industry by referring to clotheslines and domesticity. Kuraner says the installation "offers a bridge of old traditional chores and duties that still linger as we live in a contemporary light press or touch-up culture."Art Over Your Head is a collaboration between Armory Center for the Arts and One Colorado/Old Pasadena to encourage site specific art in the courtyard and alleys of One Colorado, with a twist: installations must be a minimum of eight-feet over head. Artists are selected by a jury process and their work is exhibited for a several months. For more information about One Colorado, visit www.onecolorado.net

This collaboration is made possible by the generosity of One Colorado, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division and the Pasadena Arts Commission, and Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds.