Bibliograph

Tools as art, the Hechinger collection, Pete Hamill ; foreword by John Hechinger

Type

Label

Tools as art, the Hechinger collection, Pete Hamill ; foreword by John Hechinger

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tools as art

Nature of contents

catalogs

Oclc number

32018341

Responsibility statement

Pete Hamill ; foreword by John Hechinger

Sub title

the Hechinger collection

Summary

"Tools as Art presents more than two hundred works in full color from the Hechinger Collection - an impressive collection celebrating the amazing variety of twentieth-century art that represents or incorporates tools and hardware. There are elegant and witty sculptures of tools - from common hammers, saws, screwdrivers, pliers, and wrenches to machine tools such as the lathe and the drill press - in wood, glass, metal, paper, and stone; constructions of found objects and building materials that use familiar forms to make works of imaginative power; and paintings, prints, and photographs depicting tools of all sorts. The artists range from well-known figures such as Jim Dine, Arman, Jean Tinguely, Lucas Samaras, Richard Estes, Claes Oldenburg, and Walker Evans to younger men and women, some of whom are published here for the first time. They all share the strong attachment to everyday things that undergirds much modern art, and it is this quality that makes their work so evocative."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

Forward: The Hechinger Collection / John Hechinger -- Tools as Art / Pete Hamill -- Afterword: Artists and Tools / Carolyn Laray

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