Tire Test Column
2009
Tire Test Column
2009
Oscar Tuazon explores the limits of architecture: low-tech housing and buildings in ruins. His approach to art is influenced by the “grunge” culture of Seattle, his native city, and by Walden; or Life in the Woods, a story written by Henry David Thoreau in which he reflects on his experience of living in a forest hut for over two years. Tuazon creates radical works which aim to reveal tensions between random assemblies of objects and the white cubes exhibition areas that display them. Tire-Test Column is a sculpture suggestive of Brancusi’s Colonne sans fin and questions the notions of verticality and balance. The concrete at the base of the column reveals sections of car tyres, giving the work an incomplete appearance.
| Domain | Sculpture |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Béton, caoutchouc, grillage métallique, contreplaqué, acier |
| Dimensions | 255 cm Diamètre : 56 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de la Société des Amis du Musée national d'art moderne, 2011. Projet pour l'art contemporain 2010 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2011-63 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Oscar Tuazon
(1975, États-Unis) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Tire Test Column |
| Creation date | 2009 |
| Domain | Sculpture |
| Techniques | Béton, caoutchouc, grillage métallique, contreplaqué, acier |
| Dimensions | 255 cm Diamètre : 56 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de la Société des Amis du Musée national d'art moderne, 2011. Projet pour l'art contemporain 2010 |
| Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Création contemporaine et prospective |
| Inventory no. | AM 2011-63 |
Bibliography
Voir la notice sur le portail de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky
Fruits de la passion, la collection du Centre Pompidou : Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, 18 janv.-23 mars 2014.- Paris, Centre Pompidou / Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, 2014 (Cat. 26, cit. p.71, reprod. coul. p.70)
Fruits de la passion : La collection du Centre Pompidou : Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, 18 janvier-23 mars 2014. - Paris : Centre Pompidou/Kobe : Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, 2014 (Cat. 26, cit. p.71, reprod. coul. p.70)