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Carl Cheng: Human Nature

Past exhibition
16 April - 21 May 2022
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carl Cheng, Organic Visualizer/Assembler, 1970-2016
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carl Cheng, Organic Visualizer/Assembler, 1970-2016
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carl Cheng, Organic Visualizer/Assembler, 1970-2016
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carl Cheng, Organic Visualizer/Assembler, 1970-2016
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carl Cheng, Organic Visualizer/Assembler, 1970-2016
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carl Cheng, Organic Visualizer/Assembler, 1970-2016
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carl Cheng, Organic Visualizer/Assembler, 1970-2016
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Carl Cheng b. 1942 in San Francisco, CA

Organic Visualizer/Assembler, 1970-2016
Acrylic plastic, wood, steel frame, LED lighting, florescent UV light fixtures, motor, electrical switches, meters, radios, organic material, and an assortment of human-made specimen objects
48 x 117 x 40 in
121.9 x 297.2 x 101.6 cm
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Carl Cheng, Twin Rock Communication Indicator, 1983
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Organic Visualizer is a large art tool viewing machine that illuminates a selection of organic specimens that are hermetically sealed from the outside world. Three types of lighting; uv light,...
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Organic Visualizer is a large art tool viewing machine that illuminates a selection of organic specimens that are hermetically sealed from the outside world. Three types of lighting; uv light, LED spot lights and internal miniature timing lights and seven push button switches allow the viewer to observe the organic specimen. Internally, a tapered drum and globe rotates slowly to reveal various specimen in the viewing windows. At one end of the sculpture is a planetary globe model featuring a melt-down of abstract earthly elements and gasses with details provided by a magnifying lens.
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