1988-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
SDX Satellite Delay, between 1983 and 1984
- Gordon Newton, American, 1948 - 2019
Wood, iron, styrofoam, rubber, polyester resin, and oil paint
- Overall: 76 × 41 × 30 inches (193 × 104.1 × 76.2 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Brooks Barron
1988.24
Department
Contemporary Art after 1950
Details
Newton intersperses his fascination with technology and machines with his love of literature and art history. SDX Satellite Delay comments on our preoccupation with technology in a work that is both whimsical and frightening.
Gordon Newton, SDX Satellite Delay, between 1983 and 1984, wood, iron, styrofoam, rubber, polyester resin, and oil paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Brooks Barron, 1988.24.
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