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Do yu Get it

Martin Johnson

Artwork Details

Do yu Get it
1996
Martin Johnson
mixed media consruction, paint, wood, wire, toy car
22 1/16 x 23 7/16 x 3 in. (56 x 59.5 x 7.5 cm)
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the Nation Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services
2008/2.235

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Martin Johnson
United States, born 1951
Do yu Get it
1996
Mixed media construction, paint, wood, wire, toy car
2008/2.235

Subject Matter:

This assemblage made of found materials makes reference to childhood themes, such as toy car racing and comic books. The association is further supported by the materials sued, which are items one would typically find in a craft box, such as googly eyes and fuzz balls, brightly colored nylon thread and puffy paint.

Physical Description:

7-sided frame made of reclaimed wood moulding and slats nailed together and backed with strips of green felt, possibly from a pool table. Gold wire traces the wood frame, and is accented with a fuzz ball or googly eye at each corner. A toy car is placed on the gold wire “track” at bottom center; car racing flag stickers attached to the frame in a couple places. Three pieces of thread are strung horizontally across the frame, a “spider web” attached to top two lines with puffy paint. A wood (?) cutout of a smiling joker mouth hung from web by wire.

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