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Hans Haacke with Sculpture

2005

Rachel Harrison

(American, b. 1966)
Culture
America
Medium
Wood, chicken wire, polystyrene, cement, acrylic, dolly, and pigmented inkjet print (Hans Haacke's oil painting, Homage a Marcel Broodthaers, 1982)
Measurements
Overall: 190.5 x 61 x 78.7 cm (75 x 24 x 31 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller 2015.74
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

The image of President Ronald Reagan staring out at eye level in this sculpture is a photograph of an oil painting created by Hans Haacke.

Description

President Ronald Reagan stares out at eye level in this sculpture; the image of the president is a reproduction of an oil painting created by Hans Haacke, one of the founders of Conceptual art. One of Harrison’s signature painted cement forms seems to be wearing the photograph as a mask. Harrison has gained renown for combining seemingly unrelated objects into slyly humorous artworks. Like Andy Warhol’s Marilyn x 100, also in the collection, Harrison employs an image of the recognizable president to reveal the difference between Reagan the man himself and our deeply embedded ideas of what he represents.
Sculpture with a rectangular wood board hung with a framed picture of a book spread mostly showing an oil painting of Ronald Reagan by Hans Haacke. The board stands on the edge of a flat, rectangular dolly, leaning back against a pink rock-reminiscent combination of cement and polystyrene with a rough texture. The light brown, wood board is striated, with rows of knots. The narrow strip of it's side is painted black.

Hans Haacke with Sculpture

2005

Rachel Harrison

(American, b. 1966)
America

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