Michigan Worker / George Vargas

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Accession Number
2004/1.153
Title
Michigan Worker
Artist
George Vargas
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
b. 1948
Object Creation Date
1985
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Style/Group/Movement
Pop art
Dimensions
53 cm x 26.4 cm x 6.5 cm (20 7/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. x 2 9/16 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Mixed Media
Primary Object Type
found object
Secondary Object Classification
Mixed Media
Secondary Object Type
assemblage
Physical Description
Mixed media assemblage consisting of goggles, rusted sheets and pieces of metal, a padlock and two rusted bells hanging from a chain mounted on a wooden board with screws.
Subject Matter
Created when Vargas was a student at U of M, “Michigan Worker” draws on the tradition of the found object and junk art, as well as a figurative tradition, which he evokes by using industrial materials representing the working class Michigan automotive worker.
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1338 x 2682
File Size
478 KB
Record
2004/1.153
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.153/2004_1_153.jpg

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"Michigan Worker; George Vargas." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.153/2004_1_153.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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