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To Fix It (Wall Clock II)

Artist
Liliana Porter, Argentine, born 1941
Date
2018
Material
Metal with figurine
probably made in
New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Metalwork, sculpture
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
11 × 3 × 4 1/2 in. (27.9 × 7.6 × 11.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds given by the Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends Endowment Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund
Rights
© Liliana Porter, Courtesy of Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, Houston TX
Object Number
773:2020
NOTES
Look closely to find a small figurine of a man making his way among the gears and hands of this disrobed clock. The title, To Fix It, suggests a problem that needs solving, and one made more challenging by the discrepancy in scale between the clock’s mechanisms and the figure. The toys and figurines incorporated into Liliana Porter’s work invite a humorous response to the puzzling scenarios she imagines. Underlying that playfulness is an awareness of the expectations and burdens imposed by the labor and effort of daily life.
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