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Angry Young Machine, 1959
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Artist | H. C. Westermann |
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Temporal Coverage | 1959 |
| Description | H. C. Westermann, who lived and worked in Chicago between 1947 and 1961, was a skilled woodworker known for sculptures that masquerade as uncanny yet playful versions of vernacular objects. Utilizing assemblages of commercial materials and found objects, the artist's technically sophisticated, influential sculptures address recurring themes such as war, technology, and science fiction. Angry Young Machine was created after the artist viewed films based on John Osborne's plays; the author was an influential member of the “Angry Young Men,” an antiestablishment group of English writers in the 1950s. Galvanized plumbing pipes and fixtures, a small skyscraper, a tiny toy soldier guarding an ornamental bridge, and a pair of bright red lips that refer to the local rug company Magikist make up the body of this iconic work. [A work made of pine, plywood, galvanized iron pipe and fittings, faucet handle, cast-lead soldier, aluminum alkyd enamel, and wheels.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © Estate of HC Westermann / Licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York |
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| Use Rights URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Wood Sculpture Modern And Contemporary Art Buildings Women Silver (color) Artworks Contemporary Art |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Visual Artwork |
| Object Type | Sculpture |
