Tom Sachs Abstract Sculptures
American, b. 1966
TOM SACHS is a sculptor, probably best known for his elaborate recreations of various Modern icons, all of them masterpieces of engineering and design of one kind or another. In an early show he made Knoll office furniture out of phone books and duct tape; later, he recreated Le Corbusier's 1952 Unité d'Habitation using only foamcore and a glue gun. Other projects have included his versions of various Cold War masterpieces, like the Apollo 11 Lunar Excursion Module, and the bridge of the battleship USS Enterprise. And because no engineering project is more complex and pervasive than the corporate ecosystem, he's done versions of those, too, including a McDonald's he built using plywood, glue, assorted kitchen appliances. He's also done Hello Kitty and her friends in materials ranging from foamcore to bronze.
A lot has been made of the conceptual underpinnings of these sculptures: how Sachs' sampling capitalist culture, remixing, dubbing and spitting it back out again, so that the results are transformed and transforming. Equally, if not more important, is his total embrace of "showing his work." All the steps that led up to the end result are always on display. On a practical level, this means that all seams, joints, screws or for that matter anything holding stuff together, like foamcore and plywood, are left exposed. Nothing is erased, sanded away, or rendered invisible. On a more philosophical level, this means that nothing Sachs makes is ever finished. Like any good engineering project, everything can always be stripped down, stripped out, redesigned and improved.to
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Artist: Tom Sachs
NASA Chair (Space Program: Rare Earths), Contemporary Art, Signed and Titled
By Tom Sachs
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tom Sachs (US American, b. 1966)
NASA Chair (Space Program: Rare Earths), 2020
Medium: Screenprint and felt-tip pen on Samsonite folding chair
Dimensions: 80 × 44 × 49 cm (31 1/2 × 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tom Sachs Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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- What is Tom Sachs known for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024Tom Sachs is known for his work as a sculptor. He gained fame for his elaborate recreations of various modern icons of engineering and design. In an early show, he made Knoll office furniture out of phone books and duct tape. Later, he recreated Le Corbusier's 1952 Unité d'Habitation using only foamcore and a glue gun. Other projects have included his versions of various Cold War icons, like the Apollo 11 Lunar Excursion Module and the bridge of the battleship USS Enterprise. Shop an assortment of Tom Sachs art on 1stDibs.