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1. SIRGPE_030514_01.JPG: Wendell Castle's "Ghost Clock" (1985). It looks like a grandfather clock covered by a shroud but it's actually a piece of wood. No shroud. No fabric. No clock. It's neat to contemplate.
2. SIRGPE_030514_43.JPG: Kim Schmahmann's "Bureau of Bureaucracy" (1993-99). During one visit, the guard showed me how the bureau worked. There are intricately-designed drawers and slide-out shelves all over it.
3. SIRGPE_030514_51.JPG: John Marshall's "Metamorphosis Revisited" (2001) is made from silver and acrylic.
4. SIRGPE_031030_002.JPG: Arline Fisch Body Ornament, 1971 Sterling silver Most jewelry pieces are designed for a particular part of the body -- neck, head, ears, hands, wrist, shoulder -- but a body ornament engages the full body. Fisch's work falls down the back and front of the wearer, impeding easy movement. The ribcage forms of the upper part of the ornament reiterate the internal bone structure of the wearer, creating a piece that suggests tribal associations.
5. SIRGPE_031030_027.JPG: Several of these pieces are done by Alexander Calder. All were done around 1940. As the sign says: "More famous for his monumental mobiles and stabiles, Alexander Calder also made jewelry and designed tapestries. These four bold pieces are really sculpture in the guide of jewelry. They have a definite tribal-like quality, especially the bracelet, which recalls pieces worn by sub-Saharan women." The spiral thing (upper left) is a gilded brass hair comb. The funnel thing (lower left) is a brass bracelet. The interlocking circles (lower right) is a brass necklace.
6. SIRGPE_031030_033.JPG: Earl Pardon Necklace #1057, 1988 Sterling silver, 14K gold, ebony, ivory, enamel, mother-of-pearl, ruby, garnet, blue topaz, rhodolite, amethyst, and spinel
7. SIRGPE_031030_064.JPG: John Paul Miller Pendant/Brooch 1975 Miller's brooch falls within the tradition of costume jewelry pins fashioned after animals, birds, sea creatures, blossoms, and plants. Its gentle parody succeeds because of the rich enamel and exquisite granulation of the gold. It may be a sea creature or some floral form.
8. SIRGPE_031030_078.JPG: Frank Patania Floral Spray Bracelet, about 1950 Burnham turquoise and sterling silver
9. SIRGPE_031030_087.JPG: Bob Winston Silver Bracelet with Nest and Three Brass Eggs and Large Turquoise Stone, 1948 Silver, brass, and turquoise The gnarled forms of this heavy bracelet look more like a rustic piece of sculpture than jewelry. The eggs and crude turquoise reinforce the work's deliberate naturalness.
10. SIRGPE_031030_104.JPG: Tina Fung Holder Neckpiece 48.188, 1988 safety pins and glass beads on cotton thread This neckpiece was forty-eighth in a series that Holder began in January 1988. Her use of elegant black safety pins and copper-headed beads to create this theatrical tribal-like neckpiece is ingenious and imaginative. The pins and beads are substitutes for jewels and are arranged in carefully composed patterns that bring to mind bone and fibers. This piece has the presence of a collar made specifically for a Hollywood film or a theater performance. Jan Mandel Susurra Transformation Tiara, 2001 18k gold Mandel's "informal" tiara reinvigorates the time-honored tradition of this jewelry form by emphasizing precious metal instead of precious stones. Here, the emphasis is on form. Constructed from 18k gold wire, the tiara has eight parts that can be disassembled to create six brooches, one connector, and an armature. "Susarra", which means "whisper" in Spanish, evokes the ephemeral quality of the crown's linear openwork.
11. SIRGPE_031030_140.JPG: Shiang-shih Yeh Untitled, 1996 anodized aluminum With its formal composition, precise forms, and clean detail, this bracelet is a perfect example of the machine aesthetic. The object's presentation is deliberate and thoroughly confident.
12. SIRGPE_031030_157.JPG: Lori Talcott Brisings' Stole, 2002 silver and brass In the pantheon of the Norse gods, Freyje ruled life and death. Her principal attribute was the neck ring called the Brisingeman. Here, Talcott pays tribute to the seven medieval texts, including Beowolf, that mention the neck ring. She has photoetched texts from these sources so that the history of the neck ring is literally a part of the piece.
13. SIRGPE_031030_174.JPG: Marjorie Schick Neckpiece, 1986 painted wood Marjorie Schick is one of the most radical jewelry makers working today. She is known for her brightly painted wood sculptures that fit over the head, rendering the wearer a mannequin for decorative display. Schick's large jewelry brings to mind childhood play sticks and toys.
14. SIRGPE_031030_180.JPG: Robly A Glover Fish Bait Necklace, 2002 silicone This necklace is one of two that Glover made using mass-produced, silicone fish bait lures. Although colorful and translucent, their jelly-like softness has a repulsive quality. It is the opposing reactions of people to these lures -- the pleasure of seeing them versus the squeamishness of touching them -- that appealed to Glover.
15. SIRGPE_031030_212.JPG: Shige Yamada Rebirth, 1973 clay
16. SIRGPE_031030_215.JPG: Robert Willson Big Bad Bird, 1995 glass
17. SIRGPE_031030_236.JPG: Albert Paley Portal Gates, 1974 forged steel, brass, copper, and bronze Albert Paley's "Portal Gates" were commissioned for the Renwick Gallery when it opened as a museum of American craft in 1972. A well-established signature of the Renwick, these gates represent a seminal movement not only in Paley's artistic career but also in the revival of handwrought metalsmithing in America. In designing and fabricating his gates, Paley drew liberally, but loosely, from nature. Despite the symmetrical design, the gates comprise an orchestrated arrangement of artistic elements that is fluid and free, restrained yet not restricted. One cannot look at these gates without recalling the natural swirls and joints of stalks, stems, and tendrils. Rigid metals are worked in such a lyrical, rhythmical, easy manner that one forgets the effort that went into creating the gates.
18. SIRGPE_031030_272.JPG: Margaret Boozer Eight Red Bowls, 2000 terra-cotta and pine
19. SIRGPE_031030_287.JPG: Peter Lenzo Untitled Shard Face Jug, 2001 stoneware and porcelain
20. SIRGPE_031030_304.JPG: Howard Kottler Waiting for Master, 1986 earthenware, paint, and simulated gold leaf There was an audio clip with this piece that explained he had taken some cheap trinket he found in Japan and decided to turn it into artwork. The dog actually comes apart in some places and there's a hand near it's neck. You're supposed to wonder if the dog is the master or the human is the master.
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