"Draftsman" Helmet & Jacket by Patrick Fitzgerald

2022
$480 USD SOLD
Dimensions
W: 7.0" D: 3.0" H: 14.0"
Materials
Paper
Wood
Oil Paint
Collection #
CPF053
Estimated Shipping
$20

To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars and the branded attire of their imagined drivers. Futuristic forms imbued with history, each sculpture is an exercise in imagining the future through the lens of the past – or vice versa.

Entitled “Draftsman," this helmet & jacket set is an homage to the Eugene Dietzgen Drafting Company, formed in Chicago in the late 19th century. The company manufactured engineering supplies such as graph paper and slide rules and upheld abnormally progressive labor policies for the time period. One of the two original manufacturing plants still remains, located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood as part of the DePaul University campus.

Oil and mixed media on cardboard, wire, and wood.

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Patrick Fitzgerald

b. 1962, Grand Rapids, MI

Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald refers to his body of work as his “Neighborhood of Infinity,” a borrowed term used literally to describe the bounty of materials and creative inspiration he found in the industrial landscapes of his youth. For the last decade, Fitzgerald has been mining his early experiences, re-envisioning the mechanical world of his childhood through the eye of an artist.

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