Gasworks #5
Artist
Tom Hall
MediumIndia Ink, gouache, water on watercolor paper
Dimensions30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
I am interested in the juxtaposition of the inherent confidence of their structure and purpose, with the irony of their increasing obsolescence as technology surpasses their usefulness. In a sense, these structures become ruins, and in this context provide an archeological and anthropological reference, existing as historical edifice, landmarks of our history. –Artist statement