Something Pacific: miniature bronze version of Rodin's "The Thinker" and old televisions and bronze"Samurai Buddha" in the background

This miniature version of the Rodin Thinker sits atop what was the smallest TV available in 1986. It's a Sony. In the background you can see the "Samurai Buddha" staring into the skeletal remains of an old TV. Beyond between the two walking students is a TV sinking into the ground.

• 1986

• Stuart Collection (San Diego, Calif.)

• Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-)

• Paik, Nam June (South Korean sculptor, video artist, and performance artist, 1932-2006)

• Beebe, Mary Livingstone (American, born 1940)

Media Center: University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California, United States

junked television sets; bronze (metal)

• Pacific Ocean

• Bronzes (objects)
• Conceptual
• Environmental art
• Landscape architecture
• Lawns (landscaped grass)
• Outdoor sculpture
• Public art
• Public sculpture
• Sculpture gardens
• Site-specific works
• Television receivers

• University of California, San Diego--History

• Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917. Thinker

• Buddhism
• Contemporary
• Copies (derivative objects)
• Deterioration
• Graveyards
• Humor
• Korean
• Landscapes (environments)
• Mass media
• Meditation
• Nature
• Product obsolescence
• Religions (concept)
• Rubbish
• Ruins
• Space (composition concept)
• Technology
• Viewers (observers)

Point: 32.881197, -117.239983

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art

Science, Technology and Industry

Sculpture and Installations

• Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-)

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2022-10-27