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Yuriko Yamaguchi, Reach Out #3, 1989, natural, stained and painted wood, overall: 34 x 72 1⁄2 x 3 in. (86.4 x 184.2 x 7.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Anthony T. Podesta, 1998.152A-C
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Reach Out #3
- Artist
- Date
- 1989
- Location
- Dimensions
- overall: 34 x 72 1⁄2 x 3 in. (86.4 x 184.2 x 7.6 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Anthony T. Podesta
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- natural, stained and painted wood
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 1998.152A-C
Artwork Description
Reach Out #3 is both an abstract sculpture and a portrayal of two people talking. In the 1980s, Washington, D.C., artist Yuriko Yamaguchi created a number of hanging wall structures that attempted to "bridge [a] distance or void" by "unifying two things" with wood. She was inspired to create this series by AT&T's advertising slogan urging customers to "reach out and touch someone." Here, she chose to link the two figures with a fragile twig that emphasizes the fleeting nature of their conversation. Yamaguchi also wanted to explore connections between the man-made and the natural, so she linked two milled and treated pieces of lumber with a stick that she found on a long walk in the woods. (Yuriko Yamaguchi, interview, December 20, 2005)