Kahrl art

Kahrl art

  • Sculpture
    • Noble Savages
      • Noble Savages print works
    • Metamorphosis of Chávez
    • Frontier
    • Meek and Timid Action Figures
    • Magnetic oracles
    • Tender dominion
  • On site projects
    • Con MOI
    • Seeds of Winterslag (SOW)
      • Seeds of Winterslag – graphic identity
    • InsideOut
    • Rainwater Harvesting on a Farm in the Venice Lagoon
    • (W)here: cultivating urban succession
    • Methane powered remote-controlled vehicles
    • Primate’s progress
    • Homeland insecurity
    • Proposals
    • Nuclear guardianship
      • Paradise Lost
  • Works on paper
    • Noble Savages, Works on paper
    • Tender Dominion, Works on paper
    • Dsegni
    • Dieu donné, plup paintings
  • Blog
  • About me
    • About my work
    • Thoughts and links
    • Contact me
    • Press

Primate’s progress

2006  Remote-Controlled Solar Powered Lawn Mower.
Parts found at junkyards, steel, aluminum, electric motor, solar panel, remote control, batteries and various hardware parts.
20 x 48 x 24 inches
Marguerite Kahrl with Paul Ruff
Prototype built for ‘Garden Improvement’ exhibition, Wave Hill, NY


“Remember “The Whole Earth Catalogue”? Two pieces in the show are solar powered. Charles Goldman’s is a mobile outdoor fountain made from hardware-store materials. Water burbles up from a central pipe and spills down into a plastic basin mounted along with solar panels on a wheeled cart. Marguerite Kahrl and Paul Ruff have assembled from scavenged parts a remote-control lawnmower in the form of a small car that drags a reel-type mower”.
–Ken Johnson, New York Times, 2006