Milwaukee Art Museum

2023 - ongoing

Laid Table with Metal Pitcher installed at the Milwaukee Art Museum, permanent collection of Milwaukee Art Museum; photo credit: Milwaukee Art Museum

Still Life (Laid Table with Metal Pitcher) , 2007, 85” x 103” x 96”, glass, wood, paint, adhesive

Laid Table (Still Life with Metal Pitcher) is now on long-term view at the Milwaukee Art Museum in the contemporary sculpture gallery (K118) with Kiki Smith, Eva Hesse, Martin Puryear, Rashid Johnson, Tony Oursler, and Sam Gilliam.

The sculpture investigates material culture and mortality, suggesting the aftermath of a bacchanalian episode. The use of glass foils the viewer’s eye; it frustrates efforts to claim and own what is seen. Laid Table (Still Life with Metal Pitcher) can be contemplated on a purely atheistic level, or interpreted from a socio- political context.

Laid Table with Metal Pitcher on view with Honeywax by Kiki Smith and Right After by Eva Hesse, permanent collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum, WI; photo credit: the artist

Laid Table with Metal Pitcher, detail, on view with Right After, Eva Hesse, in the Grand Sculpture gallery at the Milwaukee Art Museum, WI; photo credit: the artist

Still Life with Metal Pitcher on view with Right After by Eva Hesse at the Milwaukee Art Museum, WI; photo credit: the artist