Pop Dots / Barbara Levine
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.243
- Title
- Pop Dots
- Artist
- Barbara Levine
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- (1953 - )
- Medium and Support
- oil on modeling compound-covered Styrofoam
- Object Creation Date
- 1988
- Object Creation Place
- North America
- American
- Creation Place 1
- North America
- Creation Place 2
- American
- Dimensions
- 20.32 cm x 16.51 cm x 11.43 cm (8 in. x 6 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- modeling
- Physical Description
- Abstract shape rendered in Styrofoam that has been covered with modeling compound. Base with four columns, three of which have “pop dots” attached to them. Partially painted a bright minty green, which gets darker in the “back” of the sculpture (the side that doesn’t have dots).
- Subject Matter
- The artist describes her work as “a hybridization of painting and sculpture…. The sources of imagery have developed from purely formal abstraction to investigations of Indian and subsequently Pre-Columbian sources. The work melds painting and sculptural form sometimes enhancing the three dimensional and other times obscuring it.” (artist’s statement, http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Jill+Levine/44692.html) This work is an example of “purely formal abstraction,” although its shape and bright color are reminiscent of sea coral.
- Primary Keywords
- atolls
- bastarda
- biomorphic abstraction
- dots
- object art
- painting techniques by application method
- pop
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- constructions (sculpture)
- descriptors
- design elements
- forms of expression
- geometric motifs
- gothic scripts
- image-making processes and techniques
- information form components
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- islands
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- latin and greek alphabet scripts
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- script and type forms
- scripts (writing)
- scripts by form
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2400 x 2648
- File Size
- 846 KB
- Record
- 2008/2.243
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.243/2008_2_243.jpg
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"Pop Dots; Barbara Levine." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.243/2008_2_243.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.