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CONNER, Bruce (American, 1933-2008). Shrine. 1981. Human skull and jawbone, candle, with assemblage in a wood shadow box. Shadow box with glass. 13 ¾ x 11 ½ x 6 ¼”. Bruce Conner was one of the foremost American artists of the postwar era. Emerging from the California art scene, in which he worked for half a century, Conner’s work touches on various themes of postwar American society, from a rising consumer culture to the dread of nuclear apocalypse. Working simultaneously in a range of mediums, Conner created hybrids of painting and sculpture, film and performance, drawing and printing, including bodies of works on paper utilizing drawing and collage. An early practitioner of found-object assemblage, his relief and free-standing sculptural objects, such as CHILD (1959) and LOOKING GLASS (1964), were widely recognized for their masterful compositions and daringly dark subject matter. Very good. Third-party shipping required.