#358, 2001

Dimensions: 180.3 x 185.4 x 144.8 cm

Physical Description: Styrofoam, paper mach, two quarts fixtures with low wallage bulbs, rope, 2x4’s, basket, plastic containers, fake fur, metal bird cage stand, plywood, latex, caulking, acrylic paint, enamel paint

Inventory Number: St.P682

Acquisition: Acquired in 2015 with funds from the Städelkomitee 21. Jahrhundert, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Status: On display, lower level, Contemporary Art, room 25

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About the Work

In Jessica Stockholder’s installations, art and everyday life meet. She usually composes her work out of everyday materials. The compositions link together individual elements that have nothing in common: here, yellow construction lights, a plastic tub, and faux fur. Colour overrules the hierarchy of things and creates a connective order. Stockholder deprives individual objects of their autonomous meaning and lends them a new one. Even today, more than 100 years after Marcel Duchamp first declared an everyday object to be a work of art, quite a lot of visitors still find this perplexing.

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Work Data

Basic Information

Title: #358 (Original Title)

Title Translation: #358

Artist

Jessica Stockholder

Period Produced

21st century

School

installation

Object Type

sculpture

Physical Description: Styrofoam, paper mach, two quarts fixtures with low wallage bulbs, rope, 2x4’s, basket, plastic containers, fake fur, metal bird cage stand, plywood, latex, caulking, acrylic paint, enamel paint

Technique

objet trouvé

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Administration

Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright: © Jessica Stockholder

Acquisition: Acquired in 2015 with funds from the Städelkomitee 21. Jahrhundert, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

concept

Main Motif

Iconclass

Primary

5 Abstract Ideas and Concepts
22C4 colours, pigments, and paints
51I Space

Secondary

41A393 electric installation, fittings, e.g. socket, plug, light switch, cable, wire
41B3 lighting; lamps
47G5432 plank, board ~ building material
47H6 textile fabric, cloth
41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket
41A779 container of synthetic material
41C345 bowl
47D8(ROPE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope
47D8(SCREW) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: screw