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Sep 19, 2013
Educating the Rich II
Educating the Rich II
1993
Tom Otterness
(American, 1952-)
Etching and drypoint printed in black and gray
John L. Severance Fund 1993.137
Edition: 25m bi, 5
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Otterness's sculptures of small plump figures with cylindrical limbs and round heads resemble the Pillsbury Doughboy or Michelin Tire Man. They seem humorous, but on close examination are really spiced with malevolence. Otterness believes art is a force to change society and so presents a critical review of the follies of human behavior---of politics, relations between men and women, and the destruction of the environment. An accomplished draftsman, the artist makes prints with the same wit and sardonic humor.
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