Agave Trio
at Studio 80 + Sculpture GROUNDS (2020)
Agave Trio by Tom Pearson at Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds in Old Lyme, CT. (Summer 2020 – Summer 2021).
About Agave Trio
Agave Trio by Tom Pearson was last on display at Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds from 2020-2021. It sold to a private collector in Summer 2021.
Agave Trio is a brushed aluminum sculpture of three Agave americana “Variegata”, which were installed inside the pathway of the Secret Garden at Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds. They were originally created for an installation in the “Mangrove,” or center area surrounding the Man, at the 2007 Burning Man Art Festival. They were situated inside of metal Warden cases on the branches of a metal scrollwork tree, which itself, sat upon an upside down EL wire garden. Subsequently, the Agave Trio have appeared in a number of other contexts including a Brooklyn Rooftop during the anniversary gala celebration for Theater for a New Audience (Summer Bash 2008) and onsite at Groundworks Garden Center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2009-2010). They have been part of multiple other art installations with Third Rail Projects, notably at Brookfield Place amid the World Financial Center (formerly the Winter Garden) and galleries within The Drifting Encyclopedia (2010), and at the former Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) in downtown NYC as part of a work entitled Kissing the Gunner’s Daughter (2010). Most recently, they were featured set pieces inside the site-specific dance/theater work, Ikaros, by Tom Pearson, which was commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse for the 2019 Without Walls Festival in San Diego. There, they served as a monument to three living agave within a desert walking path that were all three experiencing a death bloom. Agave Trio was part of the summer 2020 showcase at Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds.
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Credits
Agave Trio by Tom Pearson was originally commissioned as part of the 2007 Burning Man Arts Festival for the Project TREE. TREE was co-created by Tom Pearson with Zach Morris, Jesse Green (Bunker Labs), and Jae Day with Cristopher Cummings (EL wire garden).
Agave Trio has subsequently appeared at Theater for a New Audience’s Summer Bash 2008, with Groundworks Gardens (2010), with Arts Brookfield at Brookfield Place (formerly the World Financial Center Winter Garden) Gallery (2009), at the Dance New Amsterdam Gallery (2010), and as part of the site-specific Ikaros in San Diego with La Jolla Playhouse’s Without Walls (WOW) Festival (2019). Agave Trio made its last public appearance in 2020 with Studio 80 + Sculpture GROUNDS. It was purchased in 2021 and now resides in a private collection.