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Mahan, Miles,
Figure female -- Full length
Ethnic -- Hawaiian
Performing Arts -- Dance
Literature
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Victorville
Folk
Site-specific
Billboard
Sculpture
Hulaville, (sculpture).
Artist:
Mahan, Miles, sculptor.
Title:
Hulaville, (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Found objects including bottles, billboards, signs, painted wood.
Dimensions:
Approx. 2 1/2 acres.
Inscription:
(Poems are painted on various wooden signs throughout the installation)
Description:
Folk art installation covering two and a half acres. The installation includes collected bottles, signs and billboards, including a twelve foot billboard of a hula dancer. The installation also incorporates a three hole miniature golf range and a stage for poetry readings.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Ethnic -- Hawaiian
Performing Arts -- Dance -- Hula
Literature
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Victorville
Folk
Site-specific
Billboard
Sculpture
Owner:
Mahan, Miles, Amargosa Road, Victorville, California
Remarks:
The hula girl was originally a billboard for a now defunct restaurant. The poems painted on the wooden signs scattered around the installation were composed by the artist.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1990.
Lawson, Kristan and Anneli S. Rufus, "America Off the Wall: the West Coast", New York: Wiley, 1989, pg. 19.
Rosen, Seymour, "In Celebration of Ourselves", San Francisco: The San Francisco Examiner, 1979, pg. 105-109.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Rosen, Seymour, "In Celebration of Ourselves", San Francisco: the San Francisco Examiner, 1979, pg. 105-109.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS CA002089
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