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What my dad gave me 2008_Rockfeller Center_001

Chris Burden. What My Dad Gave Me, Rockefeller Center, NY. 2008.

Installation.

“I have always wanted to build a model skyscraper using Erector parts. The model skyscraper, built from a toy and 65 feet in height, takes on the dimensions of a full sized building. The circle of actual buildings inspiring a toy in 1909, which is then used to build a model skyscraper the size of an actual building…”

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