Loss and plenty: a banquet of age and spirit
Date
2000
Authors
Sternlieb, Susan Joy, author
Voss, Gary Wayne, advisor
Lundberg, Thomas R., committee member
Fahey, Patrick G., committee member
Kneller, Jane E., committee member
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Abstract
This exhibition presents a still life tableau on a wooden banquet table, eighteen feet by three and one half feet. The objects on the table are platters, bowls, shards and potatoes of fired clay and urethane rubber. All of the objects are metaphors for spiritually enriched aging human beings, and relate to each other and the viewer in an attraction/repulsion play. Three decades of feminist artwork have coalesced into the analysis and exposure of many discriminating myths which have defined women. In addition, we have seen the creation of an enormous body of women-defined, substantive and empowering images. These gifts from women artists who have come before me have made it possible for me to make self defining work about age and spirit.
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Women
Human body
Pottery
Rubber
Installations (Art)