Custom Road Slide

1977

Medium

Mixed media (fabric, wood, shale and pigment)

Dimensions

900 feet long; dimensions variable

Installation

Accompanied with assistants, Gilliam creates Custom Road Slide (1977) a series of four- teen ephemeral outdoor ‘constructions’ of fabric, wood, shale and pigment, placed along 400 yards of roadway lining the Niagara Gorge.

Detail

Here, Gilliam works on Custom Road Slide during installation at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. During installation, Gilliam’s children, Stephanie and Melissa, would join Gilliam in Upstate New York to assist him on site.