Allan McCollum Set of Five THANKS Multiples Original Box

Allan McCollum
Set of 5 Thanks Visible Markers, 2002
Synthetic resin
each: 3 3/4 x 1 x 1 1/4 inches
Published by BOZART, INC. Philadelphia PA
embossed signature on the bottom Unnumbered open edition
Original box
Very good condition with occasional paint loss and scuffs

Allan McCollum’s THANKS are 3 3/4” l x 1” h tablets bearing the word “THANKS”, sold in packs of five, each in a different color, red, yellow, green, black and gold. Inspired by McCollum’s renowned Visible Markers Series, in which McCollum explores his notion of the art object as something that obtains it’s significance through the process of its exchange, rather than merely through its making and its presentation.
The THANKS lend a physical form to a very common verbal gesture. Allan McCollum has exhibited extensively in one-person and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His work has been featured recently in the exhibitions “Museum as Muse” and “Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life” at the Museum of Modern Art, at the White House in the exhibition “Twentieth Century American Sculpture”, and in Paris at the Pompidou Center’s “L’Informe: Mode d’Emploi”.

Allan McCollum’s work appears in the permanent collections of 63 Museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Pompidou Center in Paris, the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, Germany and the New Tokyo Metropolitan Museum in Japan.