Do yu Get it / Martin Johnson
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.235
- Title
- Do yu Get it
- Artist
- Martin Johnson
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- (1951 - )
- Medium and Support
- mixed media consruction, paint, wood, wire, toy car
- Object Creation Date
- 1996
- Object Creation Place
- North America
- American
- Creation Place 1
- North America
- Creation Place 2
- American
- Style/Group/Movement
- Do-it-yourself art
- Period
- Modern and contemporary
- Dimensions
- 56 cm x 59.5 cm x 7.5 cm (22 1/16 in. x 23 7/16 in. x 2 15/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Primary Object Type
- assemblage
- Physical Description
- 7-sided frame made of reclaimed wood moulding and slats nailed together and backed with strips of green felt, possibly from a pool table. Gold wire traces the wood frame, and is accented with a fuzz ball or googly eye at each corner. A toy car is placed on the gold wire “track” at bottom center; car racing flag stickers attached to the frame in a couple places. Three pieces of thread are strung horizontally across the frame, a “spider web” attached to top two lines with puffy paint. A wood (?) cutout of a smiling joker mouth hung from web by wire.
- Subject Matter
- This assemblage made of found materials makes reference to childhood themes, such as toy car racing and comic books. The association is further supported by the materials sued, which are items one would typically find in a craft box, such as googly eyes and fuzz balls, brightly colored nylon thread and puffy paint.
- Primary Keywords
- abstract imagist
- assemblage (sculpture technique)
- childhood
- clowns
- collage
- eyes
- found objects
- mouths
- pop
- racetracks
- racing cars
- spiders
- textile components
- threading
- toys (recreational artifacts)
- wirework
- Secondary Keywords
- abstract expressionist
- animals and creatures
- applied decoration
- arthropods
- associated concepts
- biological components
- biological concepts
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- complexes
- complexes by function
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- design elements
- faces
- found object sculpture
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- heads
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- leisure and competition vehicles
- life
- life stages
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- object-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- recreation areas
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- sculpture techniques
- sports complexes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the human body
- transportation vehicles
- upper body
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2751 x 2369
- File Size
- 892 KB
- Record
- 2008/2.235
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.235/2008_2_235.jpg
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"Do yu Get it; Martin Johnson." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.235/2008_2_235.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.