"Ode to a Soapstone Monkey" Cabinet-on-Stand
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Whimsical piece consisting of (a) cabinet, (b) interior sculpture, (c) orange appendage, (d) flag; made of SURREL, Colorcore, metal, porcelain, and fluorescent lightbulb. White SURREL cubical cabinet raised on four metal legs (a). Exterior of cabinet: top and all four sides decorated with grooved lines running across surface at different angles, and a few applied Colorcore decorations in different geometric shapes (circles, rectangles, fans) and colors (red, black, purple, green, yellow). Top of cabinet: rising up antenna-like from front right is a thin chromed-metal tube supporting a rectangular frame with rounded corners; a plastic (?) American flag (d) in faded colors slides into this frame. Front of cabinet: has two equally sized doors hinged at sides, with no handles. Proper ...
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Peter Shire, "Ode to a Soapstone Monkey" Cabinet-on-Stand, 1988, Brooklyn Museum. Creative Commons-BY.
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