Product Description : Edward Kienholzs lifesize tableau Five Car Stud 196972 depicts four automobiles and a pickup truck arranged on a dirt floor in a dark room with their headlights illuminating a shocking scene a group of white men exacting their gruesome punishment on an African American man Five Car Stud is a harsh reminder of a shameful part of our history whose traces still linger It was seen only in Germany in 1972 and has since remained in storage in Japan for almost 40 years On the occasion of its first public showing in the United States this volume examines an extraordinarily powerful artistic statement that has lost none of its potency The catalogue presents essays by Roberto Ohrt and Thomas McEvilley as well as an interview with American artist Paul McCarthy