Richard Artschwager – The Hydraulic Door Check
"A definite unpredictability characterizes the American artist Richard Artschwager's works. His oeuvre, which spans forty years, questions the familiar categorizations of Pop Art, Minimal Art, Concept Art, and New Sculpture. Artschwager's objects, sculptures, and furniture pieces are never unequivocal: his characteristic Formica tables and chairs are not only pieces of furniture but also sculptural items, pictorial representations - paintings "pushed into three dimensions," and, ultimately, stations reflecting the quality of things."
MAK - Wien