Angry Neptune / Michele Oka Doner
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.466
- Title
- Angry Neptune
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Dimensions
- 195.58 cm x 66.04 cm x 74.93 cm (77 in. x 26 in. x 29 1/2 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- outdoor sculpture
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Physical Description
- Large bronze sculpture resembling a headless human figure. The surface texture is very rough with deep voids and coarse patches of metal. The brown patina has a whitish tinge.
- Subject Matter
- This is one of three Doner sculptures installed together- Angry Neptune, Salacia and Strider.
- "Angry Neptune was made as a statement about the obscene gestures the human species has repeatedly made toward the sea. Robbing the shores of fish, sending plastics into the deep seas, spilling toxins into the water, etc. I feel his rage is palpable."
- Michele Oka Doner, 10/6/2010
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
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- inorganic material
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- nonferrous metal
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2592 x 3888
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2009/1.466
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.466/2009_1.466.jpg
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"Angry Neptune; Michele Oka Doner." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.466/2009_1.466.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.