Growing Rock Candy Mountain Grasses in Canned Sand 1992

Jessica Stockholder’s 1992 installation, "Growing Rock Candy Mountain Grasses in Canned Sand," is a prime example of her signature style. The artwork is a large-scale immersive experience that uses everyday materials, such as fabric, sand, and cardboard boxes, to create an abstract and dreamlike landscape. Stockholder's work often explores the relationship between nature and culture, and this piece is no exception. The artist uses the materials to construct a fantastical world, one that is both familiar and strange, suggesting a hybrid of natural and constructed environments. The vivid pink fabric and the suspended forms create a sense of playfulness and wonder, while the presence of sand and cardboard boxes brings a grounding element of the mundane.