“In Case of Moshiach Break Glass.”

KAGAN, ANSHIE.

New York, 2014

Glass-fronted wooden-case, ram’s-horn, chained hammer. Signed by artist on reverse.

Multi-media installation, utilizing a well-known emergency device. The often ironic work of Anshie Kagan (born Boston, 1984) incorporate plays on religious/social themes utilizing contemporary cultural and technological references. Kagan, who has refused to make personal statements about his art, has frequently been written of as being strongly influenced by the Pop Art movement. However the present example bears more than a suggestion to Damien Hirst’s 1991 artwork: “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.”