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Komar and Melamid — Negative Relief Globe for Causing Earthquakes (with Hammer) from the Magic Weapon Series
Komar and Melamid

Negative Relief Globe for Causing Earthquakes (with Hammer) from the Magic Weapon Series

Komar and Melamid's 'Negative Relief Globe for Causing Earthquakes (with Hammer)' from the Magic Weapon Series is an assemblage featuring relief maps, a hammer, and telex printouts on cardboard. This conceptual work satirizes Cold War anxieties and political power through wit and irony.

Medium
assemblage with relief maps, hammer and telex printouts on cardboard
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Auction House · Sotheby's

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Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection

December 1, 2021

Estimate: $10,000 – $15,000

Lot 384

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Komar and Melamid, Negative Relief Globe for Causing Earthquakes (with Hammer) from the Magic Weapon Series

Komar and Melamid's 'Negative Relief Globe for Causing Earthquakes (with Hammer)' from the Magic Weapon Series is an assemblage featuring relief maps, a hammer, and telex printouts on cardboard. This conceptual work satirizes Cold War anxieties and political power through wit and irony.

Medium
assemblage with relief maps, hammer and telex printouts on cardboard
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Assemblage, Sots Art, Cold War Era, Political Satire, Three-Dimensional Relief, Russian Artists, Soviet Conceptual Art, Found Objects

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