Sculpture

Photo

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The Toilet, 2017

In collaboration with Santiago Sierra

YOSHUA OKÓN

The Toilet is a functioning luxury toilet with the shape of the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City. The piece appropriates this building as a symbol of corporate power.

Sculpture.

Functional toilet. Chromed bronze cast.

Dimensions: 435 x 480 x 420 mm height.

 

Photo.

Giclée black and white.

Dimensions: 27.5 x 39 inches.

Articles & Interviews about The Toilet.

 

Lambert, Eleanor, A Short History of Art World Potty Humor, The Creators Project, October, 2016. [PDF]

Maristain, Mónica, La irreverencia de Yoshua Okón y Santiago Sierra. Una crítica desde el arte a Carlos Slim, Sin Embargo, Mexico City, March 2016. [PDF]