Kathleen Ryan constructs a Ghost Palm on a fault line Desert X Podcast

Kathleen Ryan is a sculptor who has created an artwork for Desert X 2019 called "Ghost Palm." The transparent plastic and steel evocation of a full-size palm tree, with a skirt of acrylic rods, sits on the San Andreas at a spa in Desert Hot Springs. In this episode Ryan and Desert X curator Amanda Hunt reflect on moving out of the white box gallery; the “invisible mythological power” that drew Ryan to the site; and the inspiration from the iconic palm tree. “In my piece,” Ryan says, “it's the palm trees that are natural. It's us and what we're making that's unnatural.”