Meccatuna (Neon Transformer Label).
New York: David Zwirner, 2003. Multiple. Large decal/sticker (8.25 in. square), adhered to original backing sheet. From an unspecified edition produced for Jason Rhoades' baroque 2003 installation at David Zwirner (Sep. 12 - Oct. 25), centered around his absurd neologism MECCATUNA, which he principally defined as "the act of taking a live bluefin tuna on a pilgrimmage to the Holy City of Mecca to circumnavigate the Kabba." The present transformer decal—altered and translated into Arabic—is identified as an integral part of the exhibition in the archived Zwirner press release: along with 5 camel toe bones, 27 eight-count Ivory Snow PeaRoeFoam boxes, 48 cans of Geisha tuna (from the Holy City of Mecca), 85 donkey cart ceramics (mostly made in occupied Japan), 500 neon-tubed vagina euphemisms, and a 2003 Honda XR50 motorcylc; all installed—amongst other cultural debris—around a Lego model of the sacred Kabba, hand-built at 1/3 scale. This copy remarkably well-preserved, and accompanied by the corresponding exhibition announcement card, which reproduces the same decal design to recto.
Item #31402
Price: $650.00