Installation view, Cut-Out, Paula Cooper Gallery, 155 Wooster Street, New York, February 21 - March 17, 1984. © 2025 Alan Shields / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: Geoffrey Clements. 

Installation view, Cut-Out, Paula Cooper Gallery, 155 Wooster Street, New York, February 21 - March 17, 1984. © 2025 Alan Shields / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: Geoffrey Clements. 

Installation view, Cut-Out, Paula Cooper Gallery, 155 Wooster Street, New York, February 21 - March 17, 1984. © 2025 Alan Shields / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: Geoffrey Clements. 

Alan Shields
"Plastic Duck" 1983-84
Acrylic, thread, beads, aluminum
81" x 88" x 80"

Alan Shields
"Plastic Duck" 1983-84
Acrylic, thread, beads, aluminum
81" x 88" x 80"

Alan Shields
"Electric Jelly Fish" 1983-84
Acrylic, thread, aluminum, steel, canvas
81" 88" x 110"

Alan Shields
"Nail It!" 1983-84
Acrylic, thread, canvas
72 x 96"

Alan Shields
"Highliner Hope" 1983-84
Acrylic, thread, canvas
89" x 104 1/2"

Alan Shields
"Double Reed Stand" 1983-84
Acrylic, thread, beads on five canvases
101" x 174"

Alan Shields
"Mitchell Tpke" 1983
Acrylic, thread, beads, string, paper on canvas
71" x 284"