Artist Name:
Judy Pfaff
Nationality & Life Dates:
American, born England, 1946
Title:
Apples and Oranges
Date:
1986
Medium:
Plastic laminates, painted steel, wood
Dimensions:
113 x 142 x 72 inches
Credit Line:
Purchase with 20th Century Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Number:
1989.47
Copyright:
© Judy Pfaff / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Currently Not on View
Judy Pfaff’s monumental installation Apples and Oranges is a three-dimensional, abstract version of still-life painting. The colorful discs and hemispheres, suggestive of fruit bowls, seem to explode off the wall in defiance of gravity—and in wry reference to the spatial explorations of Paul Cézanne and the Cubists. Pfaff’s use of industrial materials, Day-Glo colors, and advertising signs reflects her interest in the vitality of everyday experiences and in Pop art.