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MALIBU LINE, 1978/2024
Curated by Ikram Lakhdhar
Los Angeles Nomadic Division
The new iteration of Albuquerque's first ephemeral pigment earthwork, originally created in 1978, is a direct mark on the land that connects the viewer to the earth and to the horizon. By virtue of a slight optical illusion, the line both spatially and symbolically linked land to sky, and sky to the ocean horizon beyond. The artwork signaled a turning point in Albuquerque’s practice. Instead of painting on two dimensional surfaces, Albuquerque began to create on the earth, drawing the viewer’s attention to a relationship outside of themselves and to the land.
The new iteration of Malibu Line commences a multi-year project in which Albuquerque will connect her current home in California with her first home in Tunisia by way of another pigment installation located in North Africa. With the ocean serving as the conductor between these two sites, Albuquerque uses the planet to create expansive perspective shifting artworks.
Photography by Mitchell Maher