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Tom Sachs — Brillo Box
Tom Sachs

Brillo Box

2003

Tom Sachs's "Brillo Box" is a sculptural work that recreates the iconic commercial packaging design through humble materials including foamcore, ballpoint pen, ink, and hot glue. The work engages with conceptual art traditions established by Andy Warhol's famous Brillo boxes while asserting Sachs's own aesthetic through craft and hand fabrication. By constructing a recognizable consumer product from quotidian art materials, Sachs blurs boundaries between high art and everyday objects while emphasizing the labor and intentionality involved in artistic production.

Medium
ballpoint pen and ink on foamcore with hot glue

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Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York

February 26, 2025

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Tom Sachs, Brillo Box, 2003

Tom Sachs's "Brillo Box" is a sculptural work that recreates the iconic commercial packaging design through humble materials including foamcore, ballpoint pen, ink, and hot glue. The work engages with conceptual art traditions established by Andy Warhol's famous Brillo boxes while asserting Sachs's own aesthetic through craft and hand fabrication. By constructing a recognizable consumer product from quotidian art materials, Sachs blurs boundaries between high art and everyday objects while emphasizing the labor and intentionality involved in artistic production.

Medium
ballpoint pen and ink on foamcore with hot glue
Year
2003
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Consumer Culture, Plywood and paint, Commodity Critique, American Artist, Ironic and humorous, Installation Art, 21st Century, Neo-Conceptualism, Contemporary Art, Sculptural Object

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