7/11/2013
Meditation
Vito Schnabel, New York
A group of 26 new sculptures from the its ongoing initiative to recreate, in homemade Playdough modeling clay, every object housed in the Greek and Roman antiquities collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
At Vito Schnabel’s space at 43 Clarkson Street, BHQF will present a group of 26 new sculptures from the its ongoing initiative to recreate, in homemade Playdough modeling clay, every object housed in the Greek and Roman antiquities collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Among the works on view at Clarkson Street will be 1:1 scale replicas of antiquities, some dating to the era of the original Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius. These new objects - each one will carry a paper replica of its corresponding Metropolitan Museum inventory tag - include portrait busts, vessels, shards, and a nearly full-scale lion that is a stand-in for the classical Greek “Marble Statue of a Lion,” a sculpture dating to ca. 400-390 BC.
The Foundation describes “Selections from the Greek and Roman Collection” as “a portrait of an institution.” They have written, “This is not about the birthplace of democracy or its mannered second act in Roman imperialism. It is about how we experience a public art collection in an era when the interests of continuous commercial consumption have ridden roughshod over our capacity for public memory."
Opening Reception: Friday, November 8, 6-8PM
Vito Schnabel
43 Clarkson Street, New York