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Broken Home

Charlie Lucas
  • CL - Broken Home - Master Image

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
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    Photo: Stehen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
1987
Window frame and welded found materials
52 x 45.5 x 25 inches
Collection of
Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

When Lucas's marriage was shaken by a problem he attributed to an in-law, Lucas created Broken Home from a window panel with fragments of shattered glass. Into its rectangular form, Lucas incorporated several of his favorite devices: the autobiographical bicycle seat mask; a serpent (the intruding in-law); and a fan blade, quite literally the deus ex machina that will blow away the offending serpent.