EDWARD KIENHOLZ

"Una vita contro"


THE WORKS

" Roxy's "

" The illegal operation "

" The Nativity "

" The birthday "

" While visions of sugar plums 
   danced in their heads "
   
" The back seat Doge '38 "

" The wait "

" The Beanery "

" The state hospital "

" The eleventh hour final "

" The portable war memorial "

" Five car stud "

" The concept tableaux "

FIVE CAR STUD - 1972
Circus awning, machines, puppets, rifles.

“Five Car Stud”, made for the fifth Kassel Documenta, is the biggest work by Edward Kienholz. It is a crude and dreadful description of the capture and castration of a coloured man by some american racists.