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Parkett Vol. 46
This group includes all five works made by Richard Artschwager for Parkett 46. Each wooden object was made in an edition of 12. This is the only group of all five wooden crates. Each crate, though different in size, has the same volume of 1000 cubic inches. Plywood and pine with steel hardware, signed and numbered (see also artist’s sketch below). For more details please contact Parkett.
Quote from Parkett
“What is American about Artschwager’s objects goes beyond analogy—and there is more to it than the aggressive way they display their surface textures. Whether Formica or fiberboard, flowing grain or rigid pattern, their surfaces appear hermetic. Their sheer size further reinforces their presence as pure surface…They are like those organisms that have settled into extreme ecological niches, just below the boiling point of water, or in the anaerobic ocean depths. That is the kind of position that Artschwager’s objects occupy in the realm of art objects: By scale and texture, they have one foot in the world of objects and one foot in the world of art.”
Kurt W. Forster, Parkett No. 46, 1996
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Read a Parkett Text on Richard Artschwager
Parkett Vol. 46
This group includes all five works made by Richard Artschwager for Parkett 46. Each wooden object was made in an edition of 12. This is the only group of all five wooden crates. Each crate, though different in size, has the same volume of 1000 cubic inches. Plywood and pine with steel hardware, signed and numbered (see also artist’s sketch below). For more details please contact Parkett.
Quote from Parkett
“What is American about Artschwager’s objects goes beyond analogy—and there is more to it than the aggressive way they display their surface textures. Whether Formica or fiberboard, flowing grain or rigid pattern, their surfaces appear hermetic. Their sheer size further reinforces their presence as pure surface…They are like those organisms that have settled into extreme ecological niches, just below the boiling point of water, or in the anaerobic ocean depths. That is the kind of position that Artschwager’s objects occupy in the realm of art objects: By scale and texture, they have one foot in the world of objects and one foot in the world of art.”
Kurt W. Forster, Parkett No. 46, 1996
Sold Out. For updates on availability, please inquire by joining our waiting list
Artist Document
Richard Artschwager’s sketch shows detailed plans for the five wooden crates of his edition for Parkett 46. Each crate, though different in size, has the same volume of 1000 cubic inches.
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