Table & Airplane Parts
1990—2011 | 7 installations
Table & Airplane Parts is a series of site-specific sculptures composed of discarded airplane parts and a wooden table. The work was originally created in California before moving across Europe, finding a new configuration with each new installation.
1990
Topanga, CA
1992
Burnett Miller Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
1994
Le Consortium
Dijon, France
2002
L’Ecole Nationale Superiere d’Art
Nancy, France
2005
Fonds régional d'art contemporain de Bourgogne Dijon, France
2011
Mudam Luxembourg Musee d'art Moderne
Luxembourg
2015
Halle de Marchandises de l’Ancienne Gare
Leuglay-Voulaines, France
Airplane parts, wood, black tie wire cable
size variable
1. Table & Airplane Parts 1990
TOPANGA, CA
Photo by Chris Burden
Photo by Chris Burden
Airplane parts, wood, black tie wire cable
144 x 324 x 276 in
365.8 x 823 x 701 cm
approx.
2. Table & Airplane Parts 1992
BURNETT MILLER GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
Photo by Chris Burden
Photo by Chris Burden
Airplane parts, wood, black tie wire cable
138 x 276 x 198 in
350.5 x 701 x 502.9 cm
approx.
3. Table & Airplane Parts 1994
LE CONSORTIUM, DIJON, FRANCE
Photo by André Morin
Photo by André Morin
Airplane parts, wood, black tie wire cable
size variable
4. Table & Airplane Parts 2002
L’ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIERE D’ART, NANCY, FRANCE
Airplane parts, wood, black tie wire cable
216 x 360 x 360 in
548.6 x 914.4 x 914.4 cm
approx.
5. Table & Airplane Parts 2005
FONDS RÉGIONAL D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE BOURGOGNE, DIJON, FRANCE
Photo by André Morin
Photo by André Morin
Photo by André Morin
Photo by André Morin
Airplane parts, wood table, black tie-wire cable
192 x 360 x 240 in
487.7 x 914.4 x 609.6 cm
approx.
6. Table & Airplane Parts 2011
MUDAM LUXEMBOURG MUSEE D'ART MODERNE, LUXEMBOURG
Photo by Rémi Villaggi
Airplane parts, wood table, black tie-wire cable
192 x 360 x 240 in
487.7 x 914.4 x 609.6 cm
approx.
7. Table & Airplane Parts 2015
HALLE DE MARCHANDISES DE L’ANCIENNE GARE LEUGLAY-VOULAINES, FRANCE
Photo by Nancy Rubins
Photo by Nancy Rubins
Related works
MoMA & Airplane Parts, 1995-2006
Airplane Parts & Hills, 1994-2003 Austrian Sculpture Park, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
5,500 lbs. of Sonny’s Airplane Parts, 550 lbs. of Stainless Steel Wire & Linda’s Place, 1997-2000 Ruby City, San Antonio, TX
Chas’s Stainless Steel, Mark Thomson’s Airplane Parts, about 1,000 lbs. of Stainless Steel Wire, 2001-2019 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA