Sunday, October 11, 2009

2004 Interview- Page 1


MJS- (Showing Leonard photos of Queen Califia’s Magic Circle by Niki de Saint Phalle) …she was from San Diego…
Leonard Knight- She must’ve spent a lot of time and effort.
MJS- She used a lot of mirrored things on there so they’d reflect light… another thing she has out there is a fountain that shoots out water, but everything is powered with a solar panel… see it right there?
LK- How long has she been working on it, do you know?
MJS- It’s unfortunate because she passed away about a year ago. But she had other people working on it with her… she was like part of the art thing, you know…
LK- Like I’m trying to get into that…art…
MJS- Yeah… she started out as a fashion model, and somehow she started making paintings, like around in the 50’s…
LK- Boy, she should be really famous.
MJS- See, she used these mirrors, so you look in the mirrors and you get different views of the sculptures.
LK- You know I’ve often wondered- I’m trying to get a gold plaque from the senate- did you know that?
MJS- Yeah, you gave me the photocopy last time…
LK- Wouldn’t that be a beautiful way to preserve this?

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