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Through a series of monumental public art
projects and commissions, California artist Dustin Shuler
has lifted the auto out of its ordinary context to question
its priority and importance in our daily lives. The exhibition,
Dustin Shuler Targets Transportation, documents this body
of work through drawings, photographs, models and sculptures.
Shuler is best known for skewering a 1959 Cadillac with a
two ton, twenty-foot nail at California State University,
Dominguez Hills (“Spindle,” 1980). He went on
to "skinning" cars, treating the sheet metal like
animal hides and hanging them on walls as pelts. “California
Carwash,” part of the Cal State Fullerton outdoor sculpture
collection, consists of a one-quarter scale Volkswagen bug
strung between two steel cutout palm trees.
Dustin Shuler was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1948. He has been
exhibiting since 1977 and has had numerous solo exhibitions.
Some of his public projects and commissions include: “Albatross
V” at the Santa Barbara Airport; Pinned: “Aircraft
As Butterfly” at the American Hotel, Los Angeles; “Death
of an Era,” California State University, Dominguez Hills
and the infamous “Spindle” at Cermak Plaza, Berwyn,
Illinois. His work has been reviewed and featured in both
national and international publications: Sculpture Magazine,
National Geographic Magazine, Stern Magazine, LA Reader, Harper's
Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Artweek, Los Angeles Times
and People Magazine.
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