Ruthann Greenfield, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother passed away peacefully on July 30, 2023 in Broken Arrow, OK. Formerly from Ponca City, OK she was 82.
Just as you’re about to step into Walter De Maria: Boxes for Meaningless Work, you might notice a short, high-pitched sound underlying the other noises that occupy museum galleries. It’s the chirping of crickets, and because it emanates from a speaker hung near the ceiling, it seems to envelop the vestibule, both placeable and unlocatable.
It was 2011 when the Menil Collection hosted the first-ever solo U.S. showing of works by artist Walter De Maria, a member of the Velvet Underground who work