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| Ceejay, 20ll. composite bronze |
I was excited to see that this big, purple sculpture exploding into my consciousness was by ceramic artist Ken Price, a master of biomorphic forms. Could it be clay, I wondered, so large and perfectly formed? It was not. Apparently late in his career he turned to other materials to make jumbo sized pieces like this one.
Breathturn, I, another large sculpture, or relief sculpture really, was made of clay. In the closeup here you can see white, wheel thrown cups arranged on narrow white shelves.
The artist, Edmund de Waal, is also a writer which, now that I know, I can see in his work. The pots are arranged in lines with spaces between like type. It almost seems as though there is a word emerging from the spaces. Can you see it?
I responded with delight to the colorful cheese doodle and hot dog shaped brushstrokes in this painting by Mark di Suvero. He is known to me for his large metal sculptures. This painting is also a very large piece.
This man with a pretty curl stands beside a mixed media piece by Elliot Hundley called, eyes that run like leaping fire.
In the close up one can see strings, pins, sequins and collaged elements. The label said it is based on the Greek play by Euripidies, The Bacchae. Below is the entire work. It is a fascinating, vivid and visually arresting artwork.
These were some of my favorites. See more art in this exhibit by visiting the museum:
http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/2003
