![]() In the 1920s and ‘30s a small inspired group of architects working in California and the West created the first suburban ranch style houses, fusing Wright’s fluid treatment of spaces with the simple one-story homes built by ranchers. The California Ranch Style, which is unique to the West, was informed by the ideas of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who believed that architecture should be both in and of the landscape. Movement was the driving force behind the settling of the American West, and the long flat vistas that stretched toward the Pacific shaped the ideology behind this iconic embodiment of American architecture. The work was unveiled on Februas a part of Desert X, a site-specific contemporary art exhibition curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield, Mirage will remain on view after the exhibition closes through October 31, 2017. MIRAGE merges the immediately recognisable suburban home transforming it into a cut out of lines, reflecting and disappearing into the vast western landscape. ![]() The work takes the form of a ranch-style suburban American house, covering it with reflective mirrored surfaces. Entitled MIRAGE, it is a site-specific installation set in the Southern California desert. Doug Aitken, the American artist and filmmaker whose work explores mediums, from sculpture, film, installation to architectural intervention has created his most ambitious work to date.
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