![]() Equally, if not more important, is his total embrace of ‘showing his work.’ All the steps that led up to the end result are always on display. He’s also done Hello Kitty and her friends in materials ranging from foamcore to bronze.Ī lot has been made of the conceptual underpinnings of these sculptures: how Sachs’ sampling capitalist culture, remixing, dubbing and spitting it back out again, so that the results are transformed and transforming. And because no engineering project is more complex and pervasive than the corporate ecosystem, he’s done versions of those, too, including a McDonald’s he built using plywood, glue, assorted kitchen appliances. Other projects have included his versions of various Cold War masterpieces, like the Apollo 11 Lunar Excursion Module, and the bridge of the battleship USS Enterprise. ![]() In an early show he made Knoll office furniture out of phone books and duct tape later, he recreated Le Corbusier’s 1952 Unité d’Habitation using only foamcore and a glue gun. ![]() TOM SACHS is a sculptor, probably best known for his elaborate recreations of various Modern icons, all of them masterpieces of engineering and design of one kind or another. He is “probably best known for his elaborate recreations of various Modern icons, all of them masterpieces of engineering and design of one kind or another.” GQ referred to him as “the Handyman of High Art.” He specializes in modern art in sculpting. Tom Sachs is an artist from New York City.
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