Bel Air Trilogy, 2000–2011

Title: Bel Air Trilogy, 2000–2011
Agent: Walter De Maria (1935–2013)
Date created: 2000–2011
Medium: assemblages (sculpture)
Measurements: variable
place of creation: New York
cultural context: American
Fabricator depicted: Milgo/Bufkin
manufacturer: General Motors Corporation
Relation: Trilogy of three stainless steel square, circle, or triangle rod sculptures
is related to: Bel Air Trilogy: Circle Rod, 2000-2011
Description: Three minimal stainless steel rod sculptures within a set of three meticulously restored 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air automobiles. The three cars exhibited in the sculpture group are a matched set, each painted in the signature two-tone color scheme of “Gypsy Red” and “Shoreline Beige”.
material: automobiles; stainless steel; chrome steel; vinyl; variable media
has technique: stamping (forming); art fabrication; appropriation (imagery)
has style period: Postmodern; Conceptual art (general art genre); Minimalist
Subject: Postwar America, Minimalism, Conceptual art
Type: sculpture group
place of repository: Fondazione Prada
Identifier: Walter De Maria: Bel Air Trilogy, 2000-2011