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Edward Kienholz & Nancy Kienholz — 1979/1981

1979/1981

A weathered pumice construction block serves as the unlikely foundation for this enigmatic assemblage, incorporating a Fresnel lens system that refracts and distorts the viewer's perception of the work's interior world. The Kienholzes have embedded a transistor radio and antennae within the piece, merging the physicality of raw industrial materials with the invisible transmissions of broadcast media. Leather and hand-applied polyester resin bind these disparate elements together, creating a dense, tactile object that pulses with the tension between the mundane and the mysterious.

Medium
Multiple comprising a pumice construction block, Fresnel lens system, wood, leather, transistor radio, antennae and hand-applied polyester resin.

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January 25, 2018

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Edward Kienholz & Nancy Kienholz, 1979/1981

A weathered pumice construction block serves as the unlikely foundation for this enigmatic assemblage, incorporating a Fresnel lens system that refracts and distorts the viewer's perception of the work's interior world. The Kienholzes have embedded a transistor radio and antennae within the piece, merging the physicality of raw industrial materials with the invisible transmissions of broadcast media. Leather and hand-applied polyester resin bind these disparate elements together, creating a dense, tactile object that pulses with the tension between the mundane and the mysterious.

Medium
Multiple comprising a pumice construction block, Fresnel lens system, wood, leather, transistor radio, antennae and hand-applied polyester resin.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th-Century Art, Industrial, Assemblage, Twentieth Century, Bold, American Artists, Neo-Dada, Conceptual, Installation, American, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Experimental, Industrial Materials, Found Object Assembly, Social Commentary, Assemblage Art, Unconventional, Three Dimensional Construction, Mixed Media Sculpture, 1979-1981, Collaborative Duo, Complex, 1980s, Found Objects, Contemporary

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