Untitled (filament)
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
Kevin Beasley, who also works in sound and performance, assembles his sculptures from liquid polyurethane foam or resin and items of clothing—sometimes his own, and more recently, house dresses and kaftans sourced from the same store his grandmothers shopped in.
While Untitled (filament) is obviously hollow, it does not seem lifeless or uninhabited. Each empty, draped element is like a life-size ghost, though the individual shapes as well as their circling array suggest oversize bodily and organic forms, too, from the phallic to the floral. The resulting sculpture is at once formidable and fragile, as if an apparition.
Art Institute of ChicagoCC BY 4.0
Particulars
- Accession number
- Obj: 236622
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
