#500cappstreet

[finchandada]

Broom Collection with Boom Sculpture with found brooms and concrete, installed in the David Ireland home on 500 Capp Street. #latergram #sculpture #davidireland #500cappstreet #art #themission #sanfrancisco (at 500 Capp Street Foundation)

[blacktrumpet]

@saladforpresident photo shoot today at 500 Capp #saladforpresident #500cappstreet #davidireland chicories, sheep ricotta, almonds, shallot, finger lime, dill, bronze fennel, yarrow nasturtium, calendula, wood sorrel #dirtygirlproduce #countylinefarm #littlecitygardens

[laurenroconnell-blog]

"[I]t was not my intention to make an artwork out of the house. …I’m just cleaning house. I [call] it a Maintenance Action. [I] sort of think of it as a performance, installation, kind of all of the different art forms…."

—David Ireland

Images courtesy of 500 Capp Street Foundation, San Francisco.

[laurenroconnell-blog]

Interview with Tony Labat

Artist Tony Labat discusses performance, documentation, the rituals of cleaning, and his collaboration in 1978 with artist David Ireland at 500 Capp Street in San Francisco.

Lauren O’Connell: In the archive at 500 Capp Street , I found pictures of you videotaping David Ireland in the process of working on his house, what he calls maintenance action. They are documents...