Confetti Stripes and Aluminum Too by Melvin Katz
- Title: Confetti Stripes and Aluminum Too
- Artist: Melvin Katz
- Medium: Plastic laminate and vinyl
- Size: 96"h x 48"w
- Added to collection: 2008
- Donor: Gift of the artist
- Campus: Rock Creek
- Location: B2/2 Hallway
In the late 1980's, Mel Katz abandoned the traditional materials of sculpture and began, instead, to work with such non-art media as sheet vinyl. With its "faux" surfaces and brilliant colors, Katz asks us to take another look at the idea of large-scale sculpture and how it interacts with our environment. Although this piece is abstract, Katz also references the human form—note the pinstriped legs and printed torso.