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Trophy Modern

Artist Ry Rocklen (American, born 1978)

Date2013

MediumTrophy parts, wood, plastic, stone

Dimensions24 × 12 × 12 in. (61 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)

ClassificationsContemporary art

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

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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.