Bel Air Trilogy, 2000–2011
Item
- Title
- Bel Air Trilogy, 2000–2011
- Agent
- Walter De Maria (American, 1935–2013)
- Date created
- 2000-2011
- Medium
- assemblage
- Measurements
- dimensions variable
- place of creation
- New York, New York, United States
- Fabricator depicted
-
Milgo/Bufkin
- builder
- Art Crating Inc., Archive Fine Art
- manufacturer
- General Motors Corporation
-
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Penniman Plant (Penniman, Va.)
- manufacturer
- DuPont manufactured Duco, a fast-drying, high-gloss nitrocellulose lacquer for cars (introduced in 1924) and Dulux, an alkyd-modified enamel (introduced in 1926) for 1950s GM vehicles. The Marshall Lab in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a key automotive paint research and production site, while their facility in Parlin, New Jersey was a major production site for Duco through the 1960s.
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Relation
- Bel Air Trilogy: Square Rod; Bel Air Trilogy: Triangle Rod; Bel Air Trilogy: Circle Rod
- is related to
-
Bel Air Trilogy: Circle Rod, 2000–2011
- Description
- Three minimal, highly polished stainless steel rod sculptures within three meticulously restored 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air automobiles with minor customizations by the artist. Highly popular because of its crisp, clean design and classic lines, this renowned model often featured a signature two-tone color scheme; The three cars exhibited in the sculpture group are a matched set, each painted in “Gypsy Red” and “Shoreline Beige” presenting a juxtaposition between classic car culture and austere, geometric forms.
- material
- Stainless steel rods with 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Two-tone hardtops
- stainless steel
- automobiles
- chrome steel
- Subject
- modern American
- memory (psychological concept)
- assemblages (sculpture)
- installations (visual works)
- art fabrication
- place of repository
- Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy)
- Identifier
- De Maria_BellAirTrilogy_2000 - 2011
- Rights
- © Estate of Walter De Maria
- Item sets
- Industrial Transcendentalism
- Site pages
- Collection
