A Short History of Plungers and Other Things That Go Plunge in the Night

The sculpture contains a plunger, a toilet plunger, a plunger, a plunger, a plunger, and a plunger, each of which has been modified. The first plunger is simply a normal plunger, but the rest represent a series of plungers with more and more of the handle removed until just the rubber cup is left. The title of the artwork is A Short History of Plungers and Other Things That Go Plunge in the Night by the artists known as “The Plungers” (whose identity remains unknown) and it was first exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1973. “The Plungers,” were a collective of anonymous artists, founded in 1972. They were dedicated to the “conceptualization and promotion of a new art form called Plungism.” Plungism was a creative interpretation of the idea of Plungerism, which was defined by The Plungers as “a state of mind wherein the mind of an artist is in a state of flux and able to be influenced by all things, even plungers.” The Plungers’ works were displayed in New York galleries and included such titles as Plunger’s Progress, The Plungers, The Plungers Strike Back, and Big Plunger 4: The Final Plunger, all of which featured plungers, and Plungers on Parade, which showed images of plungers in public spaces. The Plungers disappeared and left no trace of their identity. The Plungers’ works were collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This sculpture was purchased by MoMA for $200 and is now one of the most popular and recognizable pieces in its collection. This sculpture is also significant because it is the only piece of art by The Plungers that is still in existence.