Michigan Worker / George Vargas
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.153
- Title
- Michigan Worker
- Artist
- George Vargas
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1948
- Medium and Support
- goggles, metal, hanging bells mounted on wood
- Object Creation Date
- 1985
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- found object sculpture
- groups of people
- heads
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- social classes
- social classes by specific type
- social groups
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1338 x 2682
- File Size
- 478 KB
- Record
- 2004/1.153
- Link to this Item
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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 28, 2024.