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Antique Earth Satellite
Sculpture

2016
81 7/16 x 19 5/8 x 15 11/16 in. (206.85 x 49.85 x 39.85 cm)

The Propeller Group Primary
Matt Lucero (Upland, California, 1976 - )
Tuan Andrew Nguyen (Saigon, Vietnam, 1976 - )
Phunam (Saigon, Vietnam, 1974 - )

Object Type: Sculpture

Medium and Support: Tracwood and jackfruit wood

Credit Line: Purchased with funds contributed by the Acquisitions Committee

Accession Number: 2018.02

Exhibition

South East North West: New Works from the Collection, October 30, 2020 - October 3, 2021, New Wing, Second Floor, North, South and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

The Propeller Group, October 27, 2017 – March 25, 2018, Second Floor Central Skylight and South Metro A Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

SJMA Label Text

The Propeller Group (2017-2018)

Carved from jackfruit wood and found tracwood—a type of Vietnamese redwood that is protected in most of the country—this intricate sculpture combines traditional Vietnamese carving techniques with sci-fi subjects. This so-called “antique satellite” is one of a group of objects in which an imagined future is projected into objects from the past.

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