#edward kienholz

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“The State Hospital”, Edward Kienholz, 1966.

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unknown LA Times photographer, caption: UNMOVED BY CRITICS-Edward Kienholz with "Back Seat Dodge-38," a controversial work condemned by the county supervisors. Kienholz said he would close [LACMA] exhibition rather than delete any of its parts. March 24, 1966

Judd Gunderson, Man Ray at his LACMA exhibition, October 27, 1966, Caption: MAN RAY … Surrealist painter called "Dada of us all."

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Edward Kienholz, Roxys, 1960-61.

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Edward Kienholz, The Friendly Grey Computer—Star Gauge Model #54 (1965). Photo: © Estate of Nancy Reddin Kienholz, courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, California, digital image © The Museum of Modern Art/licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY.

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The Portable War Memorial

Edward Kienholz – The Portable War Memorial, 1968. This piece is a monument to those lost in the Vietnam War and consists of many elements such as plaster casts, tombstone, blackboard, flag, poster, restaurant furniture, photographs and other materials including wood, metal and fiberglass.

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Kienholz has managed the trick of transmuting his own empathy onto you. He's hot-wired us with his own compassion.

Lawrence Weschler, discussing Edward Kienholz’s Sollie 17 in his 1984 text titled “Kienholz’s Past Affixed Also”

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"Television Set" by Edward Kienholz, 1967 concrete, portable television set 14" x 9¼" x 13 inches

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Edward Kienholz

The Non-War Memorial 1970/1972

[venusimleder]

“The Beanery”, Edward Kienholz, 1965.

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Edward Kienholz: "John Doe", 1959

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sollie 17 by edward kienholz

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by Edward Kienholz, 1979

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The Beanery by Edward Kienholz

Never heard of this before, but Michael Raedecker was talking about it on A Brush With...

'The Beanery is a life-size, walk-in artwork created in 1965 by the American artist Edward Kienholz; it has been referred to as his greatest work, and "one of the most memorable works of late 20th-century art". It represents the interior of a Los Angeles bar, Barney's Beanery.

Modelled at two-thirds the size of the original Beanery, it features the smells and sounds of the bar, and models of customers, all of whom have clocks for faces with the time set at 10:10. Only the model of Barney, the owner, has a real face. Kienholz is quoted as saying "The entire work symbolizes the switch from real time (symbolized by a newspaper) to the surrealist time inside the bar, where people waste time, kill time, forget time, and ignore time".' (Wikipedia)

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Edward Kienholz / Volksempfänger

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SECONDARY RESEARCH: EDWARD RALPH KIENHOLZ

Edward Ralph Kienholz was an American installation artist and assemblage sculptor basically meaning his works consisted of working in three dimensional spaces, he was famous for many works, my favourite being”Portable War Memorial”, “In the Ingield was Patty Peccavi”, “Sollie 17” and “Back Seat Dodge ‘38”. But the work we will be looking and talking about will the “The Beanery”

Which was a life-size, walk in art piece make in 1965. It is referred as his greatest work. It is a representation and takes inspiration or is a replica of Barney’s Beanery which was a pub or a gastropub in the Los Angeles Area, which was founded in 1920. And although it has a very rocky history I believe Edward decided to take inspiration from the pub due to him being a frequent resident.

I think this as it was modelled after the original Beanery, it models it almost perfectly, it features the smells and the sounds of the bar and models of customers drinking and chatting. The only difference is that the times and clocks only show and is set at 10:10 which I think is the time Edward would frequent the bar. The entire work symbolises the switch from real time to the surrealist time inside the bar, where people could endlessly Waste, Kill, Forget and Ignore time.

Why this is fun to me is the people, they are in motion, almost stuck in a moment of bliss that you the spectator can partake in. It almost like my puppet or mannequin in a sense it’s stays there lifeless yet looks alive. Also Seeing moments like this is like stepping into a picture of the past which is an amazing feat to accomplish on its own.