New York-based sculptor Keith Edmier is currently showing Edison Impluvium at Florida SouthWestern State College's Bob Rauschenberg Gallery

纽约雕塑家基思·埃德米耶(KeithEdmier)一直擅长将流行文化偶像、历史参考文献和对文学的幽默典故融入他的作品。这位艺术家的最新作品，爱迪生·伊姆普罗维姆，目前在佛罗里达西南州立学院的鲍勃·劳森伯格画廊展出，肯定是这样。

该画廊的戏剧性的现场安装包括一个完全大小的复制品，一个水泥游泳池从1910年，目前仍然矗立在附近(托马斯)爱迪生-福特冬季庄园。爱迪生，这所学院最初的名字，似乎是灵感的适当来源(佛罗里达西南州立学院被称为爱迪生社区学院，直到2014年)。

在混凝土水池的墙壁周围，埃德米尔安装了一排面罩-48个石膏面罩，许多面具是直接从他的臣民脸上铸造的。除了他一生中不同时期的自我再现外，埃德米尔的面具还包括那些可认出的朋友的面具，比如前工作室伙伴马修·巴尼、大卫·鲍伊、法拉·福塞特等等。展览还包括爱迪生的“全头”石膏死亡面具，首次在佛罗里达展出。

埃德米尔说：“爱迪生的迈尔斯堡游泳池被重新想象成一个古老的废墟。”“[它]提到了罗马共和国时代的生活观念，即祖先的面具和在庞培发现的房屋中庭中的水盆(称为内爆)。”

The site-specific installation comprises a full-size replica of a concrete swimming pool from 1910 that currently still stands on the nearby Edison-Ford Winter Estates

Thomas Edison, the college's original namesake, seemed an appropriate source of inspiration.The show includes a ‘full-head’ plaster death mask of the inventor, on display in Florida for the first time 

Around the walls of the concrete pool, Edmier has installed a line of faces in the form of 50 plaster masks, many cast directly from the faces of his subjects

In addition to renditions of himself at various periods of his life, Edmier’s masks include that of recognisable friends, such as Matthew Barney, David Bowie and Farrah Fawcett

‘Edison’s Fort Myers pool is reimagined as an ancient ruin,' says the artist. Pictured: Edmier's signature on the work

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