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Ice Bag - Scale B
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Ice Bag - Scale B

Artist/Maker (United States (born Sweden), 1929-2022)
Date1971
CultureAmerican
Mediumnylon, fiberglass and mechanical components
DimensionsOverall: 40 × 48 in. (101.6 × 121.9 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Jay I. Kislak
Terms
    Object number81.0139
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    DescriptionTypical of Oldenburg's other sculptures, Ice Bag, despite its size, is a transformational, rather than a static object. It is being given to fluctuations in dimensions and proportions by design as well as by chance or gravity. In this regard, the kinetic sculpture is also organic, even anthropomorphic. Per the definition and use of a real ice pack, Oldenburg's sculpture is appropriately malleable, mechanically inflating and deflating in imitation of the properties of an actual ice pack, whose shape is altered depending on the amount or condition of its contents.
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