Museum Tree
2020
Acrylic Painting Frames, Neon, Oil Paint Replicas from Hermitage Collection
Outdoor Installation
Artist: Jean Stith and Luke Stone
A curious place greets museum visitors as they drive onto the grounds of the Hermitage, there are paintings and artifacts suspended in the air. Three neon-lit acrylic frames cast an alarming orange glow beneath the canopy of the Live Oak and each one displays a copy of a painting from the Hermitage collection. The five vitrines that hang from the boughs further define the Treehouse Museum space as they present facsimiles of the museum’s cultural objects. Guests are encouraged to experience the whimsical museum by walking through the gently arching limbs while the artwork remains overhead, out of reach.
At ground level visitors find the neon encircling the Live Oak’s trunk with the blue glowing at the higher level (55” from the ground) and a violet ring of neon placed 7” beneath that. These signify the expected rise of sea level by the year 2100.
The paintings represented are:
1. Portrait of Mrs. Sloane, copy after Douglas Volk, acrylic on perforated aluminum, 20”x29” #1924.0034.01
2. Cave of the Storm Nymphs, copy after Edward J. Pointer, acrylic on perforated aluminum, 29”x20”, #1926.0005.01
3. San Marco, Venice, copy after George Wharton Edwards, acrylic on perforated aluminum, 29”x20”, #1927.0009.01
Acrylic Painting Frames, Neon, Oil Paint Replicas from Hermitage Collection
Outdoor Installation
Artist: Jean Stith and Luke Stone
A curious place greets museum visitors as they drive onto the grounds of the Hermitage, there are paintings and artifacts suspended in the air. Three neon-lit acrylic frames cast an alarming orange glow beneath the canopy of the Live Oak and each one displays a copy of a painting from the Hermitage collection. The five vitrines that hang from the boughs further define the Treehouse Museum space as they present facsimiles of the museum’s cultural objects. Guests are encouraged to experience the whimsical museum by walking through the gently arching limbs while the artwork remains overhead, out of reach.
At ground level visitors find the neon encircling the Live Oak’s trunk with the blue glowing at the higher level (55” from the ground) and a violet ring of neon placed 7” beneath that. These signify the expected rise of sea level by the year 2100.
The paintings represented are:
1. Portrait of Mrs. Sloane, copy after Douglas Volk, acrylic on perforated aluminum, 20”x29” #1924.0034.01
2. Cave of the Storm Nymphs, copy after Edward J. Pointer, acrylic on perforated aluminum, 29”x20”, #1926.0005.01
3. San Marco, Venice, copy after George Wharton Edwards, acrylic on perforated aluminum, 29”x20”, #1927.0009.01
