Reflecting Place No. 4 (St. Louis Arches, Delmar)

August 31, 2008
Installation Artist:  Molly A. Phillips

“The mirrored scrim of an historic brick fa?ade invites reflection on the past glory of an abandoned of urban center and its role in present redevelopment. The context changes as the work is installed in different locales. The images shift and fragment with movement of the scrim: the reflection becomes foreground to the surrounding structures.  It invites the viewer to reconsider the urban landscape: ?how we shape our cities?how they shape us.”  M. A. Phillips

The artist’s latest installation features a reflective building fa?ade comprised of brick sized mirrored tiles. Fastened to a transparent screen, the mirrored bricks are reminiscent of the memory of the building that once stood on the now vacant lot.

The transparent installation will be photographed looking through the mirrored fa?ade to the future ? the new headquarters of the St. Louis Gateway Classic Sports Foundation, and reflecting back on the past ? the restoration of the Majestic Stove Lofts by developer Bob Wood.

Artist M. A. Phillips photographed her installation Reflecting Place 4 (St. Louis Arches, Delmar) on a Sunday, garnering much interest and numerous favorable comments from local loft dwellers!

The artist’s website features additional works in the Reflecting Place series.