Aside from its contemporary political resonance, the slender, elegant and anthropomorphic shape of the sculpture is reminiscent of Constantin Brancusi’s Bird in Space (1923). Stihl Leaf Blower (2020) replicates those used to clean lawns, gardens and street corners across America. The increasing ban of leaf blowers in wealthy neighbourhoods like Palm Beach or Beverly Hills is perceived as a representation of class struggle because the conflict places professional gardeners, whose ranks are heavily Latino and Asian American, in opposition to the white people who hire them but complain about the noise their jobs entail. However, the connotations of these seemingly everyday objects are frequently reconfigured. Within this context, items like the laundry basket or leaf blower hold particular significance. Free, easily accessible, and open 24/7, it is often unsupervised and becomes a shelter and community hub for those who have nowhere else to go. The laundromat has long been an essential necessity of city life. The exhibition emphasizes the potential for a singular household object to be embedded within a variety of seemingly disparate everyday systems or rituals.
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