FAITH AND FREEDOM - 1956
In spring 1956 Van Sant became art director for the small monthly journal Faith and Freedom. Published by Spiritual Mobilization, the Christian-Libertarian magazine was distributed to 22,000 US clergymen. Because the magazine rarely included photographs, as art director Van Sant designed, drew, or painted all its visual elements, including cover art, contributor’s portraits, and story illustrations.
GERALD HEARD, INK AND WASH, C. 1956
ASSEMBLED ISSUES OF FAITH AND FREEDOM, C. 1956
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Retail Clerks International Union (REIU)
Local 707 5955 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California
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1957
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N/A
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Oil paint on canvas
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Retail Clerks International Union, Local 707
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Unknown. (The building still stands, but no longer houses REIU, Local 770. )
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TVS digital records.
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Van Sant received this commission while studying for his MFA at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis Art Institute), when he won a competition held among graduate art students in Los Angeles and vicinity. It was made for the REIU’s new building in Hollywood. The raw canvas visible in the photograph’s upper right edge and the unfinished appearance of some of the figures suggest that it may record a sketch or a grisaille stage in the work. Alternatively, unresolved aspects of the work may result from student inexperience.
