USA

USA is a painted bronze rendition of Indiana’s Vinalhaven construction USA (1996–1998). Indiana considered bronze to be one of the noble materials in the tradition of European sculpture, and had long wanted to turn his wooden sculptures into bronze. In 1991 this dream was realized when eight of his Coenties Slip herms were cast in bronze. Years later, between 2015 and 2018, six of his Vinalhaven constructions were also cast in bronze.