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Ron Nagle
Vanity Scramble, 2011

Artwork Info

Artwork title
Vanity Scramble
Artist name
Ron Nagle
Date created
2011
Classification
sculpture
Medium
ceramic, catalyzed polyurethane, epoxy resin
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. × 6 3/4 in. × 3 1/4 in. (12.07 cm × 17.15 cm × 8.26 cm)
Date acquired
2012
Credit
Collection SFMOMA
Gift of Rena Bransten
Copyright
© Ron Nagle
Permanent URL
https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2012.25
Artwork status
On view on floor 2 as part of Open Ended: SFMOMA's Collection, 1900 to Now

Audio Stories

The politics of hair loss

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RON NAGLE: Vanity Scramble. There’s certain things that I’ve become obsessed with, and then that becomes, you know, a running gag. What I could mention is how people deal with the loss of their hair. I started losing my hair when I was like 20 or something. It doesn’t just all fall out in the next morning, it’s you know, it’s a gradual process and nature has a way of easing you into it over a slow period of time. 

I’m fascinated with how people deal with this, but one of them is the scramble, which is a term I came up with. What do they call it? The comb-over-the-side deal? Donald Trump. You cannot trust a guy that has that kind of haircut. You can’t. It’s beyond description because I don’t know where it’s coming from. If he does a swirl and then a spray, there’s got to be a guy that gets up every morning and does that. 

He can’t do that himself. And then he’ll say, “People think I have a toupée.” Nobody said you have a toupée said you have a “vanity scramble.” So that’s kind of where that came from. Not Trump per se, but “vanity scramble” means you’re so vain that you think you’re fooling people. You’re not fooling anybody. 

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