Feather Wheel
- Date
- 1988
- Material
- Electrical fixture and feathers
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- height from floor, installed: 65 in. (165.1 cm)
diameter, open: 25 1/4 in. (64.1 cm)
diameter, closed: 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) - Credit Line
- Funds given by Aurelia and George Schlapp, Mrs. Francis A. Mesker, the Contemporary Art Society, and Museum Purchase
- Rights
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Object Number
- 74:1988a-e
NOTES
Propelled by a mechanical motor, feathers fan out in a circle, fall, and begin their slow rotation again. Rebecca Horn’s kinetic sculptures of moving feathers and wings suggest the way that animals and plants have been replaced by machines as objects of primary importance in modern cultures. Horn’s work also evokes the cyclical rhythms of nature and life—for example, the seasonal shedding of feathers. The synthesis of organic and mechanical elements in Feather Wheel results in a sculpture both theatrical and vulnerable.
Provenance
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
1988 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the Marian Goodman Gallery [1].
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated October 12, 1988 from the Marian Goodman Gallery [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 7, 1988.
1988 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the Marian Goodman Gallery [1].
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated October 12, 1988 from the Marian Goodman Gallery [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 7, 1988.
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