Paper Pod

John Garrett, Paper Pod, 1995, printed paper, wood, brass, copper, and plastic, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld, 1997.41.2
Copied John Garrett, Paper Pod, 1995, printed paper, wood, brass, copper, and plastic, 13 1415 3415 34 in. (33.740.040.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld, 1997.41.2

Artwork Details

Title
Paper Pod
Artist
Date
1995
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
13 1415 3415 34 in. (33.740.040.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld
Mediums Description
printed paper, wood, brass, copper, and plastic
Classifications
Keywords
  • Abstract
  • Fantasy
  • Object — written matter
Object Number
1997.41.2

Artwork Description

Paper Pod was created after John Garrett settled in New Mexico in 1990. The muted colors of the newsprint and architectural drawings, and the organic forms of the base and the attached pieces, are linked to Garrett's experience of the landscape around Albuquerque. He feels that the folds of brown paper and the bits of metal on twisting stems suggest the slow crumbling of adobe, the deaths of flowers in the desert, and other "metaphors for growing older" and "going through changes" ("Bridge V," 1998).