“Tool Box 5” is a figurative artwork created by Jim Dine in 1966, aligned with the Neo-Dada art movement. The artwork features a delicate pencil sketch on a piece of paper, portraying rudimentary forms resembling a simple house and a surrounding landscape, along with numbers and letters scattered across the composition. This paper is affixed to a larger canvas, which includes a black-and-white collage of industrial elements like chains and hooks, adding a contrasting texture and tone to the otherwise minimalist drawing. The upper section reveals a torn piece of photographic print, slightly obscuring part of the mechanism it depicts. The overall composition reflects an amalgamation of mechanical and organic elements, characteristic of Neo-Dada’s challenge to traditional aesthetic and cultural values.
