Paul Thek, Uncle Tom’s Cabin with Tower of Babel, 1976
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Artist: Paul Thek (born 1933, Brooklyn, New York City; died 1988) Material: Sculptural installation with wooden shack, bathtub, globe, stuffed red bird. Description: A two-storey version Tatlin’s Monument houses a sculpture of a wooden shack (the eponymous Uncle Tom’s Cabin), inside of which is a bathtub, a globe, and a stuffed red bird. But as […]