
Tower of Terror
A foreboding structure of cast aluminum stockade panels forms an imposing enclosure, secured by link chain and padlocks whose single key underscores themes of control and confinement. The inclusion of a bench within the locked structure evokes the mundane reality of incarceration, merging the institutional with the punitive. Noland's use of industrial materials implicates systems of power, surveillance, and the American mythology of freedom and its brutal contradictions.
- Medium
- cast aluminum stockade, bench, link chain, padlocks, key
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
May 17, 2018
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