Ron Arad's Bookcase Shaped Like the United States of America


Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends (2009) by Ron Arad

The meaning behind the name of Ron Arad's USA-shaped bookcase (Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends - whaaaa?), but it's easy to see how cool it would be hanging on the wall!

It's currently being exhibited at the Timothy Taylor Gallery: Link - via otto


I knew right away where the name came from. Heh, I was in "Oklahoma!" my freshman year of high school.

Interesting for sure, but just think of the wall anchors you'd need for that sucker.
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The point of the song is that there are two sets of Americans about to be in conflict, the farmers against the ranchers. Each deserves to be there and each is needed to do what they do for the society. Neither wishes to recognize this about the other side. I think that's a reasonably good metaphor for this bookcase, and it would be a better metaphor if there were bibles in the South, hinduism and atheistic literature in the Northeast, etc. - can't speak to Mein Kampf in California, though.
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There seems to be an inversely proportional relationship between the design of the bookshelf and the number of actual books read in the states themselves.

The photo shows way too many books in the southern states, based on my travels.

Am I right, Texas?
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