About Tom Sachs

  • Biography

    The following text by Arthur Lubow is from The New York Times Art & Design section, March 13, 2016.

    "Tom Sachs's Workshop: Willy Wonka Would Approve; The sculptor and his helpers build an untraditional Japanese garden from whatever materials are available."


    A visitor entering the Tom Sachs Studio is asked to pose for an instant photo, which is then laminated into a fake Swiss passport. The ritual is only one reason a newcomer feels he has entered a foreign country — or a teenage boy’s clubhouse.

    For 27 years, Mr. Sachs has rented his core space in Lower Manhattan, previously a showroom for industrial equipment; he more recently annexed a sewing machine shop. The entrance passes through a quirky bod...

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