Back Seat Dodge ’38
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Back Seat Dodge ’38 is a controversial 1964 assemblage sculpture by American artist Ed Kienholz that stages a life-sized, sexually charged scene inside a vintage car to critique mid-20th-century American morality and hypocrisy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assemblage sculpture
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contemporary artwork ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Kienholz’s social critique
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key work of 1960s American assemblage ⓘ |
| artworkStyle |
environmental sculpture
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realist tableau ⓘ |
| controversy |
accusations of obscenity
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pressure for restricted viewing conditions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator |
Ed Kienholz
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Edward Kienholz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
intimate sexual encounter
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life-sized couple in a car ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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various contemporary art museums ⓘ |
| genre |
assemblage art
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installation art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
audio elements
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beer bottles ⓘ detritus on car floor ⓘ mannequin figures ⓘ vintage car interior ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Back Seat Dodge 38
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Back Seat Dodge ’38 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| intendedMeaning |
critique of sexual repression
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exposure of social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedInCollection | Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American morality
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hypocrisy ⓘ sexuality ⓘ teenage sexuality ⓘ |
| movement |
Funk art
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West Coast assemblage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
censorship debates
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controversial sexual content ⓘ critique of mid-20th-century American values ⓘ |
| timePeriodRepresented | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| titleIncludesYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
1938 Dodge automobile
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found objects ⓘ mixed media ⓘ |
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