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Photo courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York/Shanghai

Bad Lawn

In Bad Lawn, Roxy Paine celebrates what many try to control: nature’s unruliness. Rather than a perfect green lawn, this tabletop version of a yard consists of nothing but weeds, scraggly grass, worn areas, and sprouting fungi. Paine crafted each plant in the sculpture from industrial materials, and then meticulously painted them by hand.

In his fictional version of nature, Roxy Paine invites us to reconsider our relationship with nature.

ArtistaRoxy Paine(b. 1966)
Fecha1998
MedioEpoxy, PVC, polymer, steel, wood, PETG, lacquer, oil paint, and earth
Dimensiones48 x 120 x 84 in. (121.9 x 304.8 x 213.4 cm)
Línea de créditoCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2011.2
ClasificaciónSculpture
Procedenciato Wanås Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden, 1998-2010; purchased by (James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY); to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2011
En exhibiciónNo
Bad Lawn48 × 120 in.Standard/Movie Poster40 × 27 in.

This artwork's face covers about 5.3× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.