Matress Factory

I spent a fair amount of time looking at a some of the past and permanent installations at Matress Factory. It's too bad most of the images are so small because it's hard to see what is going on in most of the shots. Most of the pages for specific installations have some decent descriptions about the installations, though, and you get a basic idea of what it might be like.

I think my favorite gallery on the site is the page for Greer Lankton. I like the whole set up of the exterior of the installation because it literally houses the piece inside of the space in which it was assembled. Inside the little house there is a room that is decorated with pieces of the artists personal collection of handmade dolls, pictures, etc. The room is arranged in a meaningful way to the artist, and the viewer gets a really interesting perspective on her ideas and interests in her work. The whole installation seems to be especially important because it was the last installation that the artist worked on before her death and serves as a reminder about her life.