The Beanery

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The Beanery is a famous life-sized, immersive sculptural installation by American artist Ed Kienholz that recreates a Los Angeles bar to critique mid-20th-century American society and consumer culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork
sculptural installation
artisticIntention critique of American consumer culture
critique of mass media
critique of social conformity
basedOn Barney’s Beanery NERFINISHED
collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam NERFINISHED
copyrightHolder Estate of Edward Kienholz NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
creator Ed Kienholz NERFINISHED
Edward Kienholz NERFINISHED
describedAs life-sized immersive sculptural environment
exhibitionHistory Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam permanent collection
genre assemblage art
environmental art
installation art
hasPart life-sized bar interior
mannequin figures
odor elements
sound installation
working clock faces
inception 1965
inspiredBy everyday life in Los Angeles
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Amsterdam NERFINISHED
Netherlands NERFINISHED
location Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam NERFINISHED
locationDepicted Barney’s Beanery NERFINISHED
Los Angeles NERFINISHED
mainSubject American consumer culture
alienation
death
mass media
mid-20th-century American society
time
materialUsed clocks
found objects
mannequins
metal
paint
wood
movement Funk art NERFINISHED
Neo-Dada NERFINISHED
Pop art NERFINISHED
notableFeature figures with clock faces instead of heads
multi-sensory environment with sound and smell
recreation of a specific Los Angeles bar interior
notableWorkOf Edward Kienholz NERFINISHED

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Ed Kienholz notableWork The Beanery