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Door/Door, 1984-85 (acrylic paint & formica on wood)

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PHL451073
Image title
Door/Door, 1984-85 (acrylic paint & formica on wood)
Artist
Artschwager, Richard (b.1923) / American
Location
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Medium
acrylic paint and formica on wood
Date
1984 AD - 1985 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
190.5 x 342.9 x 19.1 cms
Image description

Richard Artschwager’s sculptures mediate between the unknown and the familiar by transforming functional items, often furniture, into blatantly futile art objects. Here Artschwager proposes perceptible stand-ins for traditional materials: brown Formica substitutes for wood, which Formica frequently replaced in the 1980s, while hand-painted black-and-white acrylic swirls mimic marble. The doubling of the doors in different scales and the lack of architectural detail other than protruding steps and Gothic pointed arches render Door/Door nondescript, allowing form and function to give way to humor and irony.

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Photo: Philadelphia Museum of Art / Gift of Henry S. McNeil, Jr., 1998 / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
1980s / 20th century / wood (material) / material / optical effect / USA / North America / America (continent) / painting / art / door / nobody / mzpainting / Minimalism / art movement / conceptual art
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