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Title

Through the Glass

Artist

Heather Rowe

Artist Life Dates

born 1970

Object Creation Date

2008

Accession Number

2010/1.208

Medium and Support

chiffon, wood, mirror, wallpaper, fur

relevance

rank 14.46328

Secondary Keywords

constructions (sculpture)

descriptors

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

materials

materials by origin

mirrors

objects we use

plant material

sculpture

sculpture by technique

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wood and wood products

Title

Colored

Artist

Betye Saar

Physical Description

Assemblage of found objects: salvaged wood frame, four portrait photographs of African American females, nine thread samples, and one hand mirror hanging on a decorative brass hook to the viewer's right of the frame.

Artist Life Dates

born 1926

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2003/1.406

Medium and Support

mixed media assemblage with hand mirror

relevance

rank 13.27808

Secondary Keywords

color

constructions (sculpture)

descriptors

found object sculpture

image-making processes and techniques

modern american styles and periods

modern north american styles and movements

object-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photographic prints

photographs by form

photography and photographic processes and techniques

positives

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

sculpture

sculpture by material

sculpture by technique

sculpture techniques

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Stiff Box 12

Artist

Lucas Samaras

Physical Description

Made of thick steel, this sculpture has two very distinct halves. One on side, the thick sheet of steel gracefully curves around and back on itself, making loops and rounded edges. On the reverse, the steel is angular, jagged, and sharp, jutting into the spaces in the sculpture's interior and the space around the whole. At the very center of the piece, along the implied dividing line between the two sides, is a relatively small box.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Greece, 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1997/1.138

Medium and Support

Cor-Ten steel

relevance

rank 12.46021

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

concepts in the arts

constructions (sculpture)

containers

containers by form

descriptors

design elements

form attributes

forms of expression

genres

metalwork

modern and contemporary art

motifs

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by technique

shape

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

TSBC3

Artist

Jordan Eagles

Physical Description

An abstract painting of blood in a sunburst pattern.

Artist Life Dates

(1977 - )

Object Creation Date

2011

Accession Number

2011/2.1

Medium and Support

blood, copper preserved on plexiglass, UV resin

relevance

rank 11.98343

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animal material by form or function

constructions (sculpture)

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

materials

materials by origin

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

organ (animal material)

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by technique

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Monument to the Lycée Chases

Artist

Christian Boltanski

Physical Description

Three black and white photographs of young people's faces are vertically arranged. Above each and below the center image are smaller versions of similar portrait photographs. Four of these smaller photos are also arranged in the line of the large photographs, one on each end, and two separating the larger pictues. All the photos are surrounded by an arrangement of light bulbs, which are connected by a network of electrical cables that snake along the walls and over the photos.

Artist Life Dates

Born 1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1989

Accession Number

2006/1.154

Medium and Support

gelatin silver prints, biscuit tins, electric cables, and sixty-eight lightbulbs

relevance

rank 11.96315

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

austria (nation)

biological concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

constructions (sculpture)

europe (continent)

events

furnishings components

geographic and political locations

lighting device components

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

personal life events

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

psychological concepts

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by technique

social science concepts

vienna state (state)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

What We All Lack (Ce qui manque à nous tous)

Artist

Man Ray

Physical Description

A clear glass bubble rests on the bowl of a plain white clay pipe. Along the stem of the pipe are the words, "Ce que [sic] manque à nous tous."

Artist Life Dates

1890 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1962

Accession Number

1997/1.129

Medium and Support

blown glass, clay, and wood

relevance

rank 11.50789

Secondary Keywords

smoking and tobacco use

associated concepts

constructions (sculpture)

dynamics

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

international post-1945 styles and movements

mechanics concepts

modern and contemporary art

movement

objects

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by technique

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

surface tension

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

words

Title

scripted

Artist

Ann Hamilton

Physical Description

A long wooden box divided into two compartments, one small and one large. The small compartment contains an intricately worked gold thimble inscribed with a poem. The long compartment contains a silver thimble in which horse hairs have been threaded. The tuft of horse hair runs the length of the long compartment.

Artist Life Dates

born 1956

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1997

Accession Number

1999/2.15

Medium and Support

gold thimble, silver thimble, horsehair, wood and glass

relevance

rank 9.97532

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animals and creatures

components

components and systems

components by specific context

constructions (sculpture)

containers

containers by form

descriptors

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

hair and hair components

information form components

information forms

international post-1945 styles and movements

keratinous material

mammals

materials

materials by origin

metalworking and metalworking processes and techniques

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

script and type forms

sculpture

sculpture by technique

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Pop Dots

Artist

Barbara Levine

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).

Artist Life Dates

(1953 - )

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2008/2.243

Medium and Support

oil on modeling compound-covered Styrofoam

relevance

rank 9.60366

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