Edward Kienholz: John Doe
Edward Kienholz is best known for his installations which were quite shocking for their time and still create a lot of controversy even today. His art consists of full frontal pornography but in this particular work which is called John Doe, Kienholz looks at the anonymity of the name which is used to describe a person without an identity. The man is in the form of a shapeless corpse with a large head and the fact that he is mobile yet at the same time without direction.
Aspects of the sculpture
In John Doe, Kienholz attempts to create a situation where violence is acceptable and anonymity is a fact ...
