About this artwork
From the early years of her career, Livingstone has demonstrated a strong interest in the human body. She began making sculptural work in felt that consciously referred to the body in 1990. Felt seemed a perfect metaphor for skin, resembling hide while acting as a membrane. Initially abstract and sensual, by 1994 the bodily references were more overt and organ-like, with wrinkled areas, projecting tubes, and bloody coloring. Throat, Collar, and Vent, conceived as a set, are powerful works that present the viewer with an uncomfortable paradox: from a distance they represent something normally hidden and repugnant, while close up they are actually quite beautiful in color and surface treatment.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- Joan E. Livingstone
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Title
- Vent
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Place
- United States (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1995
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Medium
- Felt, suture thread, epoxy resin, pigment, varnish
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Dimensions
- 182.9 × 66 × 50.8 cm (72 × 26 × 20 in.)
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Credit Line
- Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment
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Reference Number
- 2016.80.3
Extended information about this artwork
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