By Lucien Smith
Located in New York, NY
Lucien Smith (American, b. 1989)
Untitled (Scrap Metal 4415), 2013
Steel
35 x 35 x 15 inches
Provenance:
OHWOW, Los Angeles
Private Collection
Wright, 2015, Lot 139
One of the most highly-regarded contemporary artists, Lucien Smith is a name whose work people (and institutions) have been paying much attention to since he graduated Cooper Union. He produced readymade sculptures that the artist has secured and appropriated from the annual Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot in Kentucky. Consisting of propane tanks, oil drums, automobile parts, and even a full-length truck, the metal objects have all been fired on by thousands of rounds of ammunition from handguns, assault rifles, fully automatic rifles, to a powerful Gatling Gun...
Category
2010s Jake Michael Singer Sculptures