Even When Fall Is Here

An intertextual, fictionalized narrative weaves together several years of Mexican artist Erick Meyenberg’s observations, research, video recordings, and paintings based on logbooks kept by gardener Chris Shea. Meyenberg’s conversations with Shea about his ephemeral landscape infer Shea’s terminal cancer diagnosis, which propels the deep emotional intelligence of this bilingual book as it reflects on time, loss, and change. Inspired by Shea’s delicate language for color, Meyenberg’s project becomes a memorial to Shea’s own artistry and irreplaceability. Eloisa Haudenschild, Director of inSite, commissioned Meyenberg’s project with Shea for haudenschildGarage in La Jolla, California, and enlisted curator Ruth Estévez, the text’s author.