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Byline: Bill Daley
HOT MAMA
For Brian McCutcheon, a Philadelphia sculptor, nothing but a Weber would do for a piece called "Trailer Queen."
The work, shown at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago last year, features a Weber decked out with chrome tail pipes, carburetors and white and gold flame detailing. (A "trailer queen" is slang for a car that's displayed but not driven; this is a grill not used for grilling.)
For McCutcheon, who says he was "toying with hot-rod imagery along with the masculine in American iconography," the Weber kettle was an obvious choice. He says of all his works on display in Chicago, "Trailer Queen" garnered the "most instantaneous recognition" from visitors.
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GETTING GRILLED IS JUST PART OF THE JOB