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Fred Wilson
Thoth/Hermes
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- $20,000 - 30,000
Lot Details
plaster and metal with artificial stone
partially titled "Hermes" on the reverse of the figure
sculpture 12 x 8 x 7 in. (30.5 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm)
pedestal 45 x 8 x 8 in. (114.3 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
overall 57 x 8 x 8 in. (144.8 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
pedestal 45 x 8 x 8 in. (114.3 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
overall 57 x 8 x 8 in. (144.8 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Executed in 1992.
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Fred Wilson
American | 1954For over three decades, conceptual artist Fred Wilson has drawn our attention to objects and cultural symbols as he brilliantly deconstructs social and historical narratives regarding art, culture and race. Wilson is perhaps best known for his 1992 landmark exhibition Mining the Museum, in which he created provocative tableaux by selecting and arranging objects from the collection of the Maryland Historical Society to confront politics of erasure and exclusion. In tandem with his project of creating site-specific installations as a form of institutional critique, Wilson also uses pre-existing objects as a springboard for new work to explore the role of creating and shaping meaning.
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