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Design as Obsession
Artist as Cultural Collector

Tom Sachs's art reveals obsession and labor, but is also characterized by the sense of playfulness and exuberance that infuses each of his objects. His work largely consists of complex contraptions and scale models hobbled together from found and collected materials. Pieces such as Chanel Guillotine, Unité (a foam core reproduction of Corbusier's Unité d'habitation), and “Vader” (a plywood-and-glass refrigerator), all share a uniquely hand-crafted aesthetic as well as Sachs's sense of humor and cultural insight.

Sachs's work has been collected by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Centre Georges Pompidou, San Francisco MoMA, and the Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo. Major solo exhibitions include SITE Santa Fe (1999), the Bohen Foundation, New York (2002), Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2003), Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, and Fondazione Prada, Milan (2006). Sachs lives and works in New York.

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