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Tom Sachs — Rubbermaid Mop Wringer and Bucket
Tom Sachs

Rubbermaid Mop Wringer and Bucket

1994

Tom Sachs' "Rubbermaid Mop Wringer and Bucket" is a mixed media construction that transforms an everyday utilitarian object into an artwork through deliberate material choices and assembly techniques. Created from steel wire, foam core, duct tape, and nails, the work exemplifies Sachs' practice of elevating banal commercial products and industrial materials into conceptual sculpture. The piece reflects his interest in the aesthetics of functionality and the vernacular language of temporary construction, blurring boundaries between readymade and handmade art.

Medium
mixed media construction with steel wire, foam-core, duct tape and nails

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Tom Sachs, Rubbermaid Mop Wringer and Bucket, 1994

Tom Sachs' "Rubbermaid Mop Wringer and Bucket" is a mixed media construction that transforms an everyday utilitarian object into an artwork through deliberate material choices and assembly techniques. Created from steel wire, foam core, duct tape, and nails, the work exemplifies Sachs' practice of elevating banal commercial products and industrial materials into conceptual sculpture. The piece reflects his interest in the aesthetics of functionality and the vernacular language of temporary construction, blurring boundaries between readymade and handmade art.

Medium
mixed media construction with steel wire, foam-core, duct tape and nails
Year
1994
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, Assemblage, Bold, Domestic mundane, Neo-Dada, Ironic Humor, American, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Readymade, Everyday Items, Domestic Objects, Mixed Media Construction, Found Object Art, American Artist, 21st Century, Utilitarian, Contemporary Art, Found Objects, Contemporary, Post-Modern

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