Playland: The Great Sharkburger Shortage of '95

Tom Hück

born 1972

Playland: The Great Sharkburger Shortage of '95, 1999

Where object was made: Potosi, Missouri, United States

Material/technique: woodcut; wove paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 755 x 652 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 29 3/4 x 25 11/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 840 x 755 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 33 1/16 x 29 3/4 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 35 1/4 x 31 1/4 x 1 in
Weight (Weight): 11 lbs

Credit line: Gift of Don C. Omer and Joyce DeLancey Omer

Accession number: 1999.0085.15

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Archive Label 2003: Huck acknowledges the influence on his work of the various woodcut series by the Renaissance printmaker Albrecht Dürer. In his own series of prints, Two Weeks in August, Huck details fourteen “stranger than life” stories from the environs of the small town of Potosi, Missouri. The tabloid-like intrigue of these images is given considerable authority by the earnest industry of their craftsmanship; Huck carves with hand tools and these large woodcuts were printed with a wooden spoon, not a press. Exhibition Label: "Summer in the Central Court," Jun-2006, Kate Meyer With available sunlight shimmering late into the evening and no school in the morning, summer beckons us outside to enjoy good weather and simply play. Armed with sunscreen, bug spray, and lawn chairs, we travel to the park and the pool. Some classic summer activities have fallen from favor - the local ballgame rarely prompts a parade these days, and the few remaining drive-in theaters collect more weeds than movie tickets. Artists transform summer rituals and activities from classic to extraordinary as Tom Huck lampoons the momentous arrival of a new fast food restaurant in Potosi, Missouri, in Playland: The Great Sharkburger Shortage of '95. Likewise, Tal Streeter’s gigantic Japanese-inspired kite dwarfs viewers in the gallery, but its fifteen foot span and striking red line would also dominate our field of vision in an open, blue sky. As play becomes spectacle, summer inspires as it entertains.