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Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). <em>Disease Thrower #18</em>, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_PS11.jpg)
Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). Disease Thrower #18, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_PS11.jpg)
Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). <em>Disease Thrower #18</em>, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_PS11.jpg)

Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). Disease Thrower #18, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_PS11.jpg)

Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). <em>Disease Thrower #18</em>, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_detail01_PS11.jpg)

Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). Disease Thrower #18, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_detail01_PS11.jpg)

Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). <em>Disease Thrower #18</em>, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_detail02_PS11.jpg)

Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). Disease Thrower #18, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_detail02_PS11.jpg)

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Disease Thrower #18

Guadalupe Maravilla

Contemporary Art

ARTIST Guadalupe Maravilla, American, born El Salvador, born 1976
MEDIUM Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah)
DATES 2021
DIMENSIONS component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm) component (chair or throne-like form): 60 × 47 × 47 in. (152.4 × 119.4 × 119.4 cm) overall (one component in front of the other - dims variable): 94 1/2 × 47 × 82 in. (240 × 119.4 × 208.3 cm) component (gong only): 3 × 27 1/2 in. (7.6 × 69.9 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2021.46
CREDIT LINE William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund
PROVENANCE 2021, purchased from P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). Disease Thrower #18, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2021.46_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022
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Guadalupe Maravilla (American, born El Salvador, born 1976). <em>Disease Thrower #18</em>, 2021. Metal (steel, iron alloy, aluminum, brass plated copper, pewter), cotton, water based adhesive (possibly PVOH derivative), plywood, synthetic materials (PVC tubing, nylon or polyester? rope, plastic models, rubber model, plastic or glass? crystals), natural materials (luffa or loofah), component (Gong structure): 94 1/2 × 44 × 33 in. (240 × 111.8 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2021.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.46_PS11.jpg)

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