Kienholz: Five Car Stud

It debuts tomorrow at Fondazione Prada in Milan Kienholz: Five Car Stud, the exhibition curated by Germano Celant which takes its name from the work created by Edward Kienholz between 1969 and 1972.

After having been hidden for almost forty years inside the warehouse of a Japanese collector, Five Car Stud – which reproduces a scene of racial violence in real size – has been restored and showed to the public, and arrives today for the first time in Italy.

The work is the starting point of a showcase which includes 26 works among drawings, sculptural works, assemblage and tableau made by Kienholz from 1959 to 1994, as well as documentary material about the history and the creative process of Five Car Stud.

An artistic representation of the "weight of being an American", in the words of the creator, which transports the viewer into a nightmarish scene, characterised by timeless expressive power.

Kienholz: Five Car Stud is on display from May 19 to December 31, 2016.