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Gary Simmons

Step In The Arena (The Essentialist Trap)

1994

Gary Simmons, Step In The Arena (The Essentialist Trap), 1994  95.83
Gary Simmons, Step In The Arena (The Essentialist Trap), 1994. Wood, metal, canvas, ultrasuede, pigment, ropes, and shoes, 85 × 120 × 120 in. (215.9 x 304.8 x 304.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation  95.83
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Gary Simmons, Step In The Arena (The Essentialist Trap), 1994 (detail).

Gary Simmons, Step In The Arena (The Essentialist Trap), 1994 (detail).

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Singular Visions: Gary Simmons, Step in the Arena (The Essentialist Trap), 1994

In this video, artist Gary Simmons discusses his work Step in the Arena (The Essentialist Trap), 1994, on view in the exhibition Singular Visions.

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