Trophy #2
Year: 1988
Type: Assemblage
Catalog #: SF_0009
Current Location:
Private Collection
Exhibition History:
“The Life and Art of Esphyr Slobodkina,” organized by the Tufts University Art Gallery; Tisch Gallery, Tufts University January 16-March 29, 1992; Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, City University of New York, November 5-December 15, 1992.
“Rediscovering Slobodkina: A Pioneer of American Abstraction,” Samuel P. Harn Art Museum, Gainesville, FL, Jun 16 – Sept 6, 2009; Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL, Oct 1 – Dec 29, 2009.
Dimensions:
10x 4 x 2 1/2
During a summer spent shopping for a new home in which to build a private mini-museum/gallery, Slobodkina eased the stress of that undertaking by working on several projects. Among these was “Trophy #2,” constructed of treasures found by friend Mickey Smith and Esphyr on one of the many “junk shop” excursions they made while Esphyr lived in Florida. Trophy #1 and Trophy #2 could be straight out of David Cronenberg’s film version of Naked Lunch: they are buglike machines with typewriter-key antennae, eyes made of screws, and a lolling red plastic tongue (Cate McQuaid, “Esphyr Slobodkina turns geometry into art,” Boston Phoenix, Feb 7, 1992.).
Signature / Artist Notation:
Verso: From the series “DESTR0Y AND SEARCH” / “Trophy #2,” 1988 a* GIOSO @ by Esphyr Slobodkina / *Great Ideas of Small Origins