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Stephen Shackelford Kinetic Sculptures Click on Image for a Detail View | |
 "Deckchair", 1997, Resin chair, wood |
 "Cooler", 1997, Coolerset, amplified stereo, beer cans, sand |
| STEPHEN SHACKELFORD cross-pollinates everyday objects such as chaise lounge chairs, shopping carts and house plants with low-tech mechanical devices like stereo speakers and water pumps to produce something astonishing and new. In a sort of modern-day tree of life, Shackelford pipes a ficus tree with plastic arteries gurgling with clear H20. Nearby a chaise lounge doubles as a racing vehicle waiting for a driver. While reveling in the absurd, the artist creates charged hybrids from objects we already know. | |
 "Cart" Shopping cart with built-in amplified car stereo system, cup holders, cigarette lighter, vinyl exterior. This piece plays music when a key ignition is turned. |
 "Fender Bender", 1994, mixed |
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"Cart" |
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"Fender Bender" |
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"Deckchair" |
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"Cooler" |