The landscape is changing in Southern California, where an exhibition called “Desert X” will bring art to 19 sites across the Coachella Valley.
Jenny Holzer will project her words onto mountains. Pia Camil is erecting a rainbow of painted rebar that rises about 16 feet. Armando Lerma, a local artist, is painting animals, plants and other images onto a water tank, while California native Kathleen Ryan is sculpting a soaring, translucent palm tree of steel and plastic.
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