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Seth Price — vacuum formed high-impact polystyrene
Seth Price

vacuum formed high-impact polystyrene

A vacuum-formed sheet of high-impact polystyrene bears the weight of Seth Price's interrogation of cultural transmission and historical authenticity. The industrial material—cheap, malleable, and mass-produced—mirrors Price's broader inquiry into how meaning is manufactured, reproduced, and ultimately hollowed out. The embedded text functions as both caption and provocation, suggesting that historical weight is not inherent but applied like an aerosol, a surface treatment masking the essential emptiness beneath.

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"At this point the elasticity of the thing is so great that anything can be called a bomber. That history is just an essence you, like, spray on." Seth Price

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New Now Evening Sale

February 29, 2016

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Seth Price, vacuum formed high-impact polystyrene

A vacuum-formed sheet of high-impact polystyrene bears the weight of Seth Price's interrogation of cultural transmission and historical authenticity. The industrial material—cheap, malleable, and mass-produced—mirrors Price's broader inquiry into how meaning is manufactured, reproduced, and ultimately hollowed out. The embedded text functions as both caption and provocation, suggesting that historical weight is not inherent but applied like an aerosol, a surface treatment masking the essential emptiness beneath.

Medium
"At this point the elasticity of the thing is so great that anything can be called a bomber. That history is just an essence you, like, spray on." Seth Price
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Geometric, Minimalist, American, Sculpture, Polystyrene, Conceptual Art, White, Abstract, Contemporary, Post-Modern

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