Meijer Sculpture Gardens
Title
Meijer Sculpture Gardens
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
June 8, 2017
Alternative Title or Name
Tools in their Places
Creator
Dine, Jim
Creator2
Aluzzo, Adrienne (photograph)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
Visual Works
Date
1984
Work Location
Michigan (state)
Grand Rapids (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Modern (style or period)
Subject
human figures (visual works)
tools
public sculpture
Description
Front view of one of the heads with hand tools propped around around it, by Jim Dine at the Meijer Sculpture Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "Dine is inspired by the power of simple images to be both familiar and symbolic. His repetitions of tools, bathrobes, or hearts are easily understood by the viewer, while also suggesting deeper layers of meaning. He often works with subjects and images from his childhood, giving his work both a sense of innocence and shared nostalgia … As Conceptual art was emerging, Dine's use of iconic forms and repeated symbols attempted to understand how images create meaning. By singling out simple shapes and objects, and depicting them over and over, Dine suggests that they are important subjects for artistic study. Building on Marcel Duchamp's readymade sculptures, these ordinary objects take on a new, important, meaning solely because they were chosen by the artist and repeatedly studied. Isolating them and framing them in a gallery or museum space, Dine declares them worthy subjects to be celebrated in art, transforming them into something significant. Dine's work in this conceptual vein transforms Duchamp's skeptical gesture into part of a sincere investigation on how the artistic process elevates the ordinary"--The Art Story website.
Material/Medium
bronze (metal)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
MSG-059
- Date Added
- June 5, 2017
- Collection
- LTU Digital Images
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- bronzes, busts, sculpture, tools
- Citation
- “Meijer Sculpture Gardens,” LTU Digital Images, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/17105.