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Rachel Harrison — Paint Can
Rachel Harrison — Paint Can
Rachel Harrison — Paint Can
Rachel Harrison — Paint Can
Rachel Harrison — Paint Can
Rachel Harrison

Paint Can

2021

This monumental sculpture presents a stylized ostrich rendered in boldly contrasting blue and orange acrylic paint applied to a constructed armature of wood, polystyrene, cardboard, and chicken wire. The figure's elongated neck curves upward in an elegant arc, while its blocky body sits grounded on stubby legs, topped with a small conical head. A cylindrical yellow metal paint can rests at the base, a literal reference to the work's title and a wry gesture toward the painting materials that animate the sculpture's surface. Harrison's characteristic approach combines humble, industrial materials with gestural abstraction, creating a witty dialogue between minimalist form and expressive surface. The work exemplifies contemporary sculpture's playful engagement with color, material contradiction, and the boundary between craft and fine art.

Medium
Wood, polystyrene, cardboard, chicken wire, burlap, cement, acrylic, and metal paint can
Overall

Notes

Regen Projects, 'planchette', April 25 – May 23, 2026. Inventory ref: RHa 205.

For Sale — $350000

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Rachel Harrison, Paint Can, 2021

This monumental sculpture presents a stylized ostrich rendered in boldly contrasting blue and orange acrylic paint applied to a constructed armature of wood, polystyrene, cardboard, and chicken wire. The figure's elongated neck curves upward in an elegant arc, while its blocky body sits grounded on stubby legs, topped with a small conical head. A cylindrical yellow metal paint can rests at the base, a literal reference to the work's title and a wry gesture toward the painting materials that animate the sculpture's surface. Harrison's characteristic approach combines humble, industrial materials with gestural abstraction, creating a witty dialogue between minimalist form and expressive surface. The work exemplifies contemporary sculpture's playful engagement with color, material contradiction, and the boundary between craft and fine art.

Medium
Wood, polystyrene, cardboard, chicken wire, burlap, cement, acrylic, and metal paint can
Dimensions
overall: 233.7 x 109.2 x 114.3 cm
Year
2021
Seen at
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Related themes

Animal Form, Three Dimensional, Material Experimentation, Blue And Orange, Institutional Critique, Abstract Figuration, Monumental Scale, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Painted Surface, Gesture And Form, Wood Sculpture, American Artist, 21st Century, Constructed Form, Playful Abstraction, Contemporary Art, Colorful, Found Materials, Contemporary Figuration

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