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Pepón Osorio

T.K.O., 1989

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Description

Maker

  • Pepón Osorio, b. 1955, American (b. Puerto Rico)

Title

T.K.O.

Year

1989

Medium

Mixed media

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • mixed media

Dimensions

Open: 34.3 x 37.5 x 28.3 cm (13 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches)

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2001.30

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 6

Assemblage
Read Online

Island Nations

New Art From Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Diaspora
Read Online

Crisis Response

An Exhibition of Art created in Times of Conflict and Castastrope from the Assassination of JFK to 9/11

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Everyday Things

April 13, 2012 - February 24, 2013

Pepón Osorio is known for elaborate, room-size installations that often use humor and kitsch to confront difficult political and social issues. T.K.O. is a kind of miniature installation or three-dimensional collage. Within its bright-red velvet-lined box, Osorio has placed various ob-jects and tokens that he associates with his native Puerto Rico. These items mingle with images of political figures whom he holds responsi-ble for decades of corruption and violence there. “T.K.O.” stands for “technical knockout,” a boxing term used to declare a match’s end when a still-conscious boxer cannot continue to fight. The cover features boxing gloves with plastic toy soldiers and a metallic dollar sign. Together with the work’s title, this arrangement hints at a larger political story contained inside the box.

Island Nations

October 29, 2004 - January 20, 2005

In this work, Osorio has placed various objects and tokens that he associates with his native Puerto Rico within a velvet-lined box, along with images of the political figures whom he holds responsible for decades of corruption and violence there.

En este trabajo Osorio ha colocado varios objetos y símbolos que él asocia con su nativo Puerto Rico, en un cofre forrado de terciopelo. El artista colocó también imágenes de figuras políticas a los cuales él hace responsable por años de
corrupción y violencia en su tierra natal.

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