Chas’s Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson’s Airplane Parts, about 1,000 lbs. of Stainless Steel Wire
2001—2019 | 3 installations
Originally presented at Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles in 2001, this large-scale sculpture made of repurposed airplane parts was disassembled and reconfigured for MOCA’s Grand Avenue location in 2002. In 2019, it moved to its current location outside of The Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo.
2001
Gagosian Beverly Hills
Los Angeles, CA
2002
Museum of Contemporary Art Grand
Los Angeles, CA
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2019
Museum of Contemporary Art Geffen
Los Angeles, CA
Airplane parts, stainless steel armature, stainless steel wire cable
300 x 648 x 276 in
762 x 1645.9 x 701 cm
approx.
1. Chas’s Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson’s Airplane Parts, about 1,000 lbs. of Stainless Steel Wire
& Gagosian’s Beverly Hills Space
GAGOSIAN BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Photo by Douglas M. Parker
Photo by Chris Burden
Airplane parts, stainless steel armature, stainless steel wire cable
300 x 648 x 396 in
762 x 1645.9 x 1005.8 cm
approx.
2. Chas’s Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson’s Airplane Parts, about 1,000 lbs. of Stainless Steel Wire
& Gagosian’s Beverly Hills Space at MOCA
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT GRAND AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Photo by Erich Koyama
Photo by Erich Koyama
Photo by Erich Koyama
Airplane parts, stainless steel armature, stainless steel wire cable
300 x 648 x 396 in
762 x 1645.9 x 1005.8 cm
approx.
3. Chas’s Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson’s Airplane Parts, about 1,000 lbs. of Stainless Steel Wire
& Gagosian’s Beverly Hills Space at MOCA 2019
THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY AT MOCA, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
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