- Artist or Maker
- Rubén Ortiz-Torres
Mexico, Mexico City, active Mexico City and Los Angeles, born 1964 - Title
- Power Tools (Herramientas)
- Date Made
- 1999
- Medium
- .1) Tool #1: customized leaf-blower machine with electric motor and car battery (by Cody Sanchez) and chromed low-rider bicycle club plaque, displayed on mirror and Astroturf pedestal, on a carpet of Astroturf ringed with cedar chips; .2) Tool #2: customized leaf-blower machine with 24-karat gold-plated engine, velvet, and metal-flake apple candy paint, displayed on mirror and Astroturf pedestal, on a carpet of Astroturf ringed with cedar chips; .3) Banner: synthetic fabric banner
- Dimensions
- Overall dimensions approximately: 96 x 96 x 96 in. (243.84 x 243.84 x 243.84 cm) variable
- Accession Number
- M.2000.124.1-.3
- Collecting Area
- Contemporary Art
- Selected Bibliography
- Unsettled: Art + Environment Conference 2017. Munich: Hirmer Verlag GmbH; Reno: Nevada Museum of Art, 2017.
