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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Deer
Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Deer

Artist (born 1960)
Date2015
MediumFiberglass, epoxy, and paint
Dimensions144 in. × 20ft. × 96 in. (365.8 × 609.6 × 243.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2017.4
Accession number 2017.4
On View
On view
Provenance(Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2017
Label TextThis 12-foot-tall fiberglass deer is certainly not the timid forest dweller we commonly see wandering through the Ozark woods. Tony Tasset’s sculpture references kitschy yard ornaments like plastic flamingos or holiday reindeer that people use to decorate their lawns. The artist is influenced by popular culture, Disney World, and iconic American images. Here Tasset has enlarged a white tail deer—a familiar presence in the North Forest--to incredible proportions.

Este ciervo de fibra de vidrio de 12 pies (4 m) de altura no es el tímido habitante del bosque que solemos ver paseando por los bosques de las Ozark. La escultura de Tony Tasset hace referencia a los adornos de jardín de mal gusto, como los flamencos de plástico o los renos navideños con los que la gente decora sus jardines. El artista ha recibido la influencia de la cultura popular, el mundo de Disney y las imágenes típicamente estadounidenses. Aquí, Tasset ha agrandado un ciervo de cola blanca —cuya presencia es común en el Bosque norte— hasta dotarlo de proporciones increíbles.
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