{"product_id":"ray-chicken-new-beetle-father-figure-matthew-marks-pc-2007","title":"Charles Ray — Chicken, The New Beetle, Father Figure — Exhibition Postcard, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, 2007","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition announcement card\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Marks Gallery, New York\u003cbr\u003eNovember 14, 2007 – January 19, 2008\u003cbr\u003e13.5 × 11.5 cm\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on card\u003cbr\u003eGreen recto with black text; black verso with silver-grey gallery details\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhibition announcement card for Charles Ray at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York. The exhibition presented three sculptures: \u003cem\u003eChicken\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Beetle\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFather Figure\u003c\/em\u003e, and was Ray’s first solo exhibition in New York since 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay’s sculpture often moves between toy, body, scale, realism, and industrial fabrication. In this exhibition, a small hatching chicken, a nude child with a toy car, and a monumental toy tractor became a compact grammar of childhood, objecthood, and sculptural enlargement. \u003cem\u003eFather Figure\u003c\/em\u003e alone was made in painted steel and measured 238 × 349 × 182 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small gallery support for a major Ray exhibition. Printed matter reduced to title, date, address, and surface. The postcard holds the exhibition as a compressed administrative object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good; light handling wear and minor surface marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53699405087058,"sku":"RAY-MATTHEWMARKS-PC-2007","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Ray_-Charles.-Artist-postcard_-Matthew-Marks-Gallery.-2007--front.jpg?v=1781070906","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/ray-chicken-new-beetle-father-figure-matthew-marks-pc-2007","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}