Trophy Modern
Artist
Ry Rocklen
(American, born 1978)
CultureAmerican
Date2013
MediumTrophy parts, wood, plastic, stone
Dimensions24 × 12 × 12 in. (61 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
PortfolioFrom the Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project
Credit LineGifts of Lynn Gumpert in memory of Amy L. Brandt (1978-2015), the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art from 2011 to 2015
Object number2016.26.5
Not on view
DescriptionLos Angeles artist Ry Rocklen uses everyday and found objects which he repurposes in ironic, humorous and provocative ways. Here the object consists of marble and plastic trophy parts that he favors, reconfigured into an object of everyday use. He mass-produces such repurposed objects in his “furniture factory” named Trophy Modern. He was originally interested in the “pathos” of the discarded trophy detached from the person and achievement to whom it has meaning, but has since moved to using new trophy parts.ProvenanceThe work was a December 2013 gift of the Peter Norton, Los Angeles, who commissioned it from the artist. The work was a gift to the donor, Lynn Gumpert, from Peter Norton. Lynn Gumpert donated the work to the Chrysler Museum of Art in September 2016.
