Rodney Graham (B. 1949)
Lot 112

Rodney Graham (B. 1949)

Studies for "Smoke Break 2 (Plasterer)": Boombox and Box of Tapes

Closed28 June 2012

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Rodney Graham (B. 1949)
Studies for "Smoke Break 2 (Plasterer)": Boombox and Box of Tapes
transmounted c-prints, in two parts
(i) 43¼ x 36in. (109.8 x 91.4cm.)
(ii) 28 x 23½in. (71.1 x 59.6cm.)
Executed in 2012, this work is number one from an edition of four plus two artist's proofs

Donated by the artist.

Specialist note

"Though he is commonly described as a Conceptual artist and his systematic, research-oriented methods often resemble those found in Conceptual art, his singularity entwined artistic and intellectual pursuits have given rise to an oeuvre whose scope is considerably wider...Through several distinct series, his oeuvre loops back upon itself, restating structural devices and themes that borrow from a range on nineteenth-century scientific experiments and twenty-century pop culture, as well as from the literary innovations and artistic legacy of modernism."
J. Bradley, Rodney Graham: A Little Thought, exh. cat., Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 2004, p. 17.