Documented artwork / site-specific installation
Two Running Violet V Forms
Credit as documented: Robert Irwin
Two Running Violet V Forms places two elevated, violet mesh structures among UC San Diego’s eucalyptus trees. Robert Irwin responded to the grove’s planted grid and changing light, creating screens that look opaque or transparent as people move along the paths. The work follows a level line while the hillside falls beneath it. Its elevation allows pedestrians to pass underneath.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 1983
- Materials
- blue-violet plastic-coated chain-link fencing, stainless steel poles, wire stays, purple-flowering ice plant
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Poles average 25 feet high
- Dimensions apply to
- Support height, not overall dimensions.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
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May 1983 completion
Eucalyptus grove, University of California San Diego, California
Materials and construction
Plastic-coated chain-link mesh hangs from stainless steel poles averaging 25 feet high. Jack Brogan handled engineering and construction and designed wire stays to correct sagging. Purple-flowering ice plant was planted below.
Presentation and site context
The Stuart Collection identifies the grove between the Faculty Club and Price Center. Its essay records completion and an opening celebration in May 1983 after extensions to the initial configuration.
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Sources
- stuartcollection.ucsd.edu ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17