SANTA FE—For this year’s SITE Santa Fe, the L.A.-based artist Piero Golia decided to play with the specially built viewing ramps that zigzagged through the massive space. He sawed one off to create a launching pad and invited visitors to take a leap, Yves Klein style, onto stunt mats. On opening night, black-tie gala invitees like L.A. dealer Tom Solomon (son of Holly) and Carmel Borders, of the bookstore empire, signed releases and took the eight-foot plunge. But Golia, who calls himself “totally paranoid,” wasn’t among the daredevils. “I never jumped,” he admits. “I may be crazy, but I’m not stupid.”

"Creative Leaps" originally appeared in the September 2008 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's September 2008 Table of Contents.