Creative Capital

Oct 07 - Nov 11 2010

Cohen premieres the Trabantamino, an amalgam of two different now defunct Cold War-era types: the East German “people’s car“—humble, anonymous and functional—and the all-American, large-bodied, low-rider cowboy car. The sculpture contains roughly equal parts of both cars, initially presenting a modest Trabant beige frame that extends out into the full length of the El Camino, showing off its newly chromed American parts.