
Perfect Vehicles
Allan McCollum's *Perfect Vehicles* is a series of five meticulously crafted objects cast in hydrocal and painted with acrylic, presenting identical urn-like forms that simultaneously evoke decorative ornaments and vessels of unknown purpose. The works challenge notions of uniqueness and mass production, as their polished, uniform surfaces invite viewers to question the boundaries between art objects and commodities. McCollum's deliberate seriality underscores themes of value, identity, and the systems through which meaning is assigned to objects.
- Medium
- acrylic, hydrocal (in 5 parts)
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 17, 2013
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