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Inverted Retrograde Theme, USA (House for a Song Bird) (2002) (ID: 1732) by Simon Starling

  • Artwork title Inverted Retrograde Theme, USA (House for a Song Bird) (2002)
  • Artwork description 1:5 scale models of no. 2 and no. 4 Calle Victoria, Villa Contessa, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, designed in 1964 by Simon Schmiderer for the International Basic Economy Housing Corporation, USA, installed upside down to act as cages for songbirds (Installation view at Casey Kaplan, New York, 2002)
  • Date produced 2002
  • Work Type Installation
  • Medium Wood, iron, mahogany, tree trunks, songbirds
  • Artwork dimensions 338 x 210 x 356cm
  • Historical classification 2000s
  • Artist byline © Simon Starling. All Rights Reserved, DACS Images
  • Photographer credit Erma Eastwick
  • Additional credit Image courtesy Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York.
  • Keywords interior, installation, architecture, material, Conceptual, metaphorical, manufacture, scale, transform

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