Robert Morris
"Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure"
silkscreen printed in colors, 1980, signed in pencil, dated, and numbered from the edition of 180, pruned at Styria Studio and with their blindstamp in the lower-center margin, on white wove paper; in excellent condition
image 18 x 24 inches
sheet 26 x 32 inches
$450
"The individual's favorite possessions - the golf clubs, the shoes, the tie pin, the Ferrari, the bowling ball, the art collection, etc. - are carefully sawed in halves. The edges of the cuts are filed or otherwise cleaned to reveal the precise cross-sections of the objects which are then embedded in a transparent plastic matrix. The objects are arranged so that the cross-sections face upward. The matrix forms a vast circular floor and a top layer of smooth, indestructible, transparent plastic is poured as a final surface. A large building is erected over this floor, a building held up with a maze of elaborate wooden trusses. No pole or column interrupts the floor. The appropriate decor and sound system are installed. A suitable name is found. A discrete advertising campaign is initiated. Only the highest quality roller skates are allowed on the floor."
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