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I have this notion that art occurs in the process of life itself, and you don’t have to go outside of the context of your own life. It’s all there, and you just tap into it. You open up to it. You have to make yourself available to possibilities. —David Ireland Ireland’s art is based on the belief that ordinary life, and all that is part of it, is as interesting and important as art. This philosophy is clearly expressed in one of his most well-known artworks: his Victorian home at 500 Capp Street in San Francisco. When Ireland moved into the house in 1975, decades of history confronted him—layers of wallpaper and paint, old carpeting, grime, and stains. In the ensuing months, the process of cleaning and working on the house became part of Ireland’s art. He equated his moves of stripping wallpaper and sanding floors with those of any painter or sculptor: making choices, re-forming materials, intuiting the next step to take. For Ireland, “art” is a state of mind. He suggests that any object, any situation, can be art, if so experienced. |
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