Five Car Stud

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Five Car Stud is a powerful and controversial 1969–72 installation artwork by American artist Ed Kienholz that depicts a brutal racist attack, confronting viewers with the violence and terror of white supremacy in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf installation artwork
aimsTo confront viewers with the violence and terror of white supremacy
completionDate 1972
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Ed Kienholz NERFINISHED
Edward Kienholz NERFINISHED
depicts brutal racist attack
castration of a Black man
group of white men attacking a Black man
nighttime scene illuminated by car headlights
describedAs controversial artwork
powerful artwork
exhibitedAt Documenta 5 NERFINISHED
Fondazione Prada NERFINISHED
exhibitionStart 1972
genre conceptual art
installation art
political art
hasEffectOn evokes fear and horror in viewers
hasPart central pit where the attack occurs
five cars arranged in a circle
hasTheme collective complicity in violence
power relations
racial terror
inception 1969
languageOfWorkOrName English
locationOfFirstExhibition Kassel NERFINISHED
mainSubject lynching
racial violence
racism in the United States
white supremacy
movement American avant-garde
Assemblage art
notableFor confrontational depiction of racist violence
controversial subject matter
immersive 360-degree installation format
usesMaterial automobiles
fiberglass
life-size figures
mixed media
plaster
sand

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Ed Kienholz notableWork Five Car Stud