1997-00-00-0551

from earth: gomera, lomo loco

catalogue number: hdv 1997.052
date created: 1997
classification: works on paper
work type earth rubbing
medium: sample of earth/soil, collected on La Gomera (Canary Islands) - Spain; rubbed on paper
dimensions: 50 × 70 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled 'from earth: gomera, lomo loco', signed and dated on the front (graphite pencil)
edition:
current repository: private collection
current repository number:
collecting history: acquired through Galerie Wit, Wageningen
related works:
comment: 'lomo loco' means 'weird place' and was used by herman and susanne de vries to indicate a place on La Gomera without an official geographical indication
photo/scan: studio herman de vries/Joana Schwender
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
2015 'SoilCulture: Deep Roots', Falmouth Art Gallery/Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Falmouth [group]
published references
exhibition catalogue SoilCulture. Bringing the Arts down to Earth (Center for Contemporary Art and the Natural World and Falmouth Art Gallery : Falmouth 2015) images repr. on pages 36 and 43, 42-43.