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Plywood Sunset Leaning (Fragment Series)

2015

Sarah Sze

(American, b. 1969)
Culture
America
Medium
Acrylic paint, wood, archival prints, ladder, mirror, paper cups, stone, lamp, tools, pen, tape, paint brush, newspaper
Measurements
Overall: 350.5 x 292.1 x 190.5 cm (138 x 115 x 75 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Agnes Gund 2015.145
Copyright
© Sarah Sze
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Sze was originally trained as a painter and her study of that medium informs her sculpture—here, paint is a sculptural element.

Description

This installation comprises supplies, tools, and debris from Sze’s home and studio. These ordinary materials challenge the perceived barrier between art and the everyday that we inhabit. The industrial ladder at the center of the sculptural composition is scaled to the viewer’s body, issuing a playful (though not literal) invitation to climb into the work of art. Similarly accessible, the recurring photographs of sunsets could be taken by anyone at any time in any place.
An installation features a large, striated plywood sheet leaning against a silver aluminum ladder. Vertical streaks of orange and purple paint drip down the wood's right side. A sunset archival print is taped at the upper left, beside additional leaning slats. Above, a torn gray paper fragment hangs from thin blue strings, illuminated by a small lamp at the ladder's peak. The assembly stands on a gray rug atop a hardwood floor.

Plywood Sunset Leaning (Fragment Series)

2015

Sarah Sze

(American, b. 1969)
America

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