Artschwager Puffy Elevator Stickers Food for Thought independent pictorial vocabulary and virtuoso

independent pictorial vocabulary and virtuoso play of colors

Alex Israel

Together they recognized their experiences

and personal materials drawn from the artists’ archives

He was always broke

Artschwager Puffy Elevator Stickers Food for Thought independent pictorial vocabulary and virtuosoFour elevators designed by Richard Artschwager (1923 2013) bring visitors into contact with art as soon as they enter the Whitney. Each is an immersive installation featuring one or more of the six subjects that occupied Artschwager's imagination for decades: door, window, table, basket, mirror, and rug. Titled Six in Four (2012 2015), the elevators are the artist's last major work.