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Carol RAMA Italian, 1918-2015
La Mucca Pazza [The Mad Cow)], 2001
Rubber tube, sandpaper, nail polish and marker on found printed paper, laid on canvas
34.5 x 45.5cm
13 5/8 x 17 7/8in.
13 5/8 x 17 7/8in.
La Mucca Pazza (The Mad Cow), takes the 'mad cow' epidemic which dominated the news in the 1990s and 2000s, as its subject. The work also incorporates a piece of...
La Mucca Pazza (The Mad Cow), takes the 'mad cow' epidemic which dominated the news in the 1990s and 2000s, as its subject. The work also incorporates a piece of bicycle rubber and she has it protruding from the picture plane. The farm machinery manual underneath is painted over with cow teats, referencing back to the cattle farms where the epidemic began.
Provenance
Galleria Franco Masoero, Turin.Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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