Bel Air Trilogy: Circle Rod, 2000–2011

Title: Bel Air Trilogy: Circle Rod, 2000–2011
Agent: Walter De Maria, (American 1933–2013)
Date created: 2000–2011
Medium: sculpture group
Measurements: rod: 365.8 cm (length) x 10.2 (diameter) (144 x 4 inches); automobile: 152.4 x 182.9 x 487.7 cm (60 x 72 x 192 inches)
place of creation: New York, New York, United States
cultural context: American; United States
Fabricator depicted: Milgo/Bufkin
manufacturer: General Motors Corporation
Relation: one of three stainless steel rod sculptures within three restored 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air automobiles
is related to: Bel Air Trilogy, 2000–2011
Description: One of three minimal stainless steel rod sculptures within a set of three meticulously restored 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air automobiles. The three Bel Airs in the sculpture group are a matched set, each painted in the signature two-tone color scheme of "Gypsy Red" and "Shoreline Beige".
material: variable media; automobiles; chrome steel; stainless steel; vinyl
has technique: art fabrication; stamping (forming); appropriation (imagery)
has style period: Postmodern; Conceptual art
Subject: conceptual art (general art genre); American industry; Automobile industry and trade; Postwar America; Minimalism
Type: sculpture components
place of repository: Fondazione Prada
Rights: ©Estate of Walter De Maria