Pepón Osorio

Angel: The Shoe Shiner
1993

An elaborate gold throne covered in tiny trinkets with small TV monitors under the seat and at the crest. Covering the seatback, a photo of a Puerto Rican man in an apron and cap. Beside the throne, a footstool with a Puerto Rican flag and lined with fringe 
An elaborate gold throne covered in tiny trinkets with small TV monitors under the seat and at the crest. Covering the seatback, a photo of a Puerto Rican man in an apron and cap. Beside the throne, a footstool with a Puerto Rican flag and lined with fringe 

On view
Floor 6

Date
1993

Classification
Installations

Medium
Two-channel video installation, color, silent, 5 sec. and 41 sec. looped, with two monitors, painted wood, rubber, fabric, glass, ceramic, shells, painted cast iron, hand-tinted photographs, paper, and mirror

Dimensions
Dimensions variable Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Accession number
93.100

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

Pepón Osorio
1 work

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