The Olive Grove
July – November, 2024
Hawks and Doves by Philip Krohn and AUXART is a site-specific sculptural installation taking shape in di Rosa’s Olive Grove and Sculpture Meadow. Installation and fabrication began on site in early July and will continue to evolve through the summer, completing fabrication in early September and remaining on view through November 2024.
Hawks and Doves explores concepts of flight lines, points of view, separation and intersection, and rhythm and resolution. Extending over 150 yards, and weaving through and between trees and brush, the work cannot be seen in one piece. It is instead experienced as a passage through time and movement through space.
The public is invited to witness the work-in-process over the coming months, with Krohn present and working on-site most Thursdays and Fridays during di Rosa’s open hours, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Once completed, the sculptural work will include a bird blind, which visitors may enter, from which the more than 200 species of birds that make their home on di Rosa’s grounds may be observed.
Visit:
Hours
Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Admission
$25 General
$20 Seniors, Military, Students
$5 Minors Ages 5–17
FREE Teachers, Faculty, and Educational Staff
FREE Members
FREE Children Under Five
About the Artist
Philip Krohn is a cross-disciplinary artist and arts producer and founder of AUXART. He creates large-scale sculptural settings that often incorporate immersive sound design and music performance. He has created site-specific installation works in California at sites including the San Rafael Community Center, Berkeley Center for New Media Commons, Studio 34 in Oakland, and the Herbst Pavilion in San Francisco, and in Portland, OR at Building 5 and Zidell Yards. He has exhibited nationally at Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA; Marx-Zavatero Gallery, San Francisco; The Drawing Center, New York; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; The Art Gym, Portland, OR; The Austin Galleries, Austin, TX, and elsewhere. He is the founder of several community projects, including Orlo and The Bear Deluxe magazine, Portland, OR; WOW Farm and WOW Farm Youth Program, Oakland, CA; and Earth Sticker and the EARTH media project. He works bi-regionally in Central Oregon and in West Sonoma County, where he currently resides.