Trappings
Acconci, Vito
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Alternative Title
Trappings, Munchengladbach, Germany; October 17, 1971
Date
1971Description
A corridor of closet spaces in an industrial warehouse at the Städisches Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach, Germany. In one of these closets, the artist crouches, naked, on a floor of toys and fabrics and plastics, detritus from a child's room. He talks to his penis, addressing it as another person; he dresses his penis in doll's clothes. detail, Acconci "dressing" his penis
Type of Work
Performance artSubject
Body art, Toys (Recreational artifacts), Penis, Conceptual art, Human body, Refuse, Male nude in art, Art, Modern --20th century
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Item is Part of
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