The work of Ed and Nancy Kienholz is mostly junk. Junk assembled to reveal the dark secrets of the American soul â our violence, our racism, our addiction to the screens that haunt us. Assembled from the detritus of the modern world , their work is deeply political and, in some instances, deeply disturbing. Other times, their works show a mordant humor.
If you have never seen their work, or even if you have, you need to go to LA Louver in Venice to see the installation of “The Merry-Go-World …