Jim Dine

Five recent sculptures featuring the artist's toolbox staples-hammers, wrenches, pliers, hooks, saws, C-clamps, and so on-include a material he has rarely worked with before: glass. Souvenirs of his family's hardware store as well as extensions of his own hands, Dine's tools have been...

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Published in:Artforum international 2015-10, Vol.54 (2), p.333
Main Author: Hoberman, Mara
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Sculpture
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Summary:Five recent sculptures featuring the artist's toolbox staples-hammers, wrenches, pliers, hooks, saws, C-clamps, and so on-include a material he has rarely worked with before: glass. Souvenirs of his family's hardware store as well as extensions of his own hands, Dine's tools have been an autobiographical motif since the 1960s, showing up in drawings, paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs.
ISSN:1086-7058