Sculpture of a torso made from a brown paper bag filled with urethane foam. Covering the paper bag is a white shopping bag cut up in a way to mimic a spaghetti strap top and thong underwear. The text on the shopping bag reads Rockler Woodworking and Hardware

Tim Hawkinson American, b. 1960

Torso, 2018

shopping bags, urethane foam

20 x 12 x 8 in
50.8 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm

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“The once ubiquitous duo of brown paper sack reinforcing a plastic grocery bag has always reminded me of a tank topped torso.” Hawkinson’s creation is both an example of an artist giving life to the inanimate and a reminder of the mountains of garbage produced in our mindlessly consuming culture.