Vintage Sculpture ‘Concrete Traffic’ Goes for a Joyride
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We look at the restoration of an unusual work of art--and how it cemented its reputation.
At a public art performance in Chicago in 1970, a German artist and a team of assistants poured 32,000 pounds of concrete into a mold surrounding one non-functioning ‘57 Cadillac. After 46 years the resulting sculpture was almost ready for the junkyard. But last week, after a few months in the shop, it was ready to roll off the assembly line once again.
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Vintage Sculpture ‘Concrete Traffic’ Goes for a Joyride
Clip: 10/5/2016 | 3m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
At a public art performance in Chicago in 1970, a German artist and a team of assistants poured 32,000 pounds of concrete into a mold surrounding one non-functioning ‘57 Cadillac. After 46 years the resulting sculpture was almost ready for the junkyard. But last week, after a few months in the shop, it was ready to roll off the assembly line once again.
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