The Loop, 2022
Installation with objects from the Wende Museum of the Cold War (Los Angeles, California) [objects listed below] and steel, aluminum, birch, hard-coated EPS foam, acrylic, waterborne alkyd paint (pedestal); digitally-modified Soviet payphone (circa 1970s), cast iron, plastic, 8 audio tracks, 85 7/8 x 154 x 34 in. (pedestal), 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (phone), Bridge Projects (Los Angeles, California)
The Loop (detail), 2022
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Front row
Maker: Novaya Zarya
Title: To the Cosmos (perfume)
Year: Undated (likely commemorating the Vostok 1 spacecraft launch, April 12, 1961)
Location of Creation: Soviet Union
Materials: Glass, liquid (fragrance) (bottle); Felt, plastic, fabric, paper (box)
Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 2 in. (bottle); 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (box)
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Maker: Unknown
Title: Untitled (portrait of Erich Honecker with metal grate over the image)
Year: 1990
Location of Creation: East Germany
Materials: Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 36 5/8 x 27 9/16 x 1 9/16 in. (framed)
To the Cosmos (perfume) (detail), undated (likely commemorating the Vostok 1 spacecraft launch, April 12, 1961)
Untitled (portrait of Erich Honecker with metal grate over the image) (detail), 1990
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Front row
Maker: Unknown
Title: Cut Socialist Republic of Romania flag
Year: 1989
Location of Creation: Romania
Materials: Polyester
Dimensions: 39 1/2 x 55 1/2 in. (framed)
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Artists: Yuri Panfilov and Andrei Vishnevski
Title: Leave No Trace on This Earth
Year: 1989
Location of Creation: Soviet Union
Materials: Tempera on fiberboard
Dimensions: Work can be oriented both horizontally and vertically; 28 3/4 x 41 3/4 in. (framed; horizontal); 41 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. (framed; vertical)
Cut Socialist Republic of Romania flag (detail), 1989
Leave No Trace on This Earth (detail), 1989
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Front row
Maker: VEB VERO Olbernhau
Title: Plattenbau model
Year: 1970s
Location of Creation: East Germany
Materials: Plastic, paint, adhesive, paper, ink
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
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Artist: Aleksandr Vasil’evich Lozenko
Title: Oracles (left); Oracles No. 2 (right)
Year: 1991
Location of Creation: Soviet Union
Materials: Tempera on fiberboard
Dimensions: 36 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches (framed; total 2-paneled work); 36 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches (framed; each)
Plattenbau model (detail), 1970s
Oracles (left); Oracles No. 2 (right) (detail), 1991
Digitally-modified Soviet payphone (detail), circa 1970s