Cut, Flamed, Spalted
Object Details
- Artist
- Dan Webb, born East Lansing, MI 1965
- Exhibition Label
- Dan Webb consciously integrates medium and process into his emotional narrative. Refined and unfinished textures stress the maker's hand. Spalting, a discoloration in the wood caused by fungus, can be seen in jagged lines across the bicep, while flaming, another grain distortion, shimmers like veins through the tender wrist. These conditions add depth and beauty to the piece, revealing the tree's history while drawing a parallel to the scars of a life lived.
- Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Decorative Arts and Crafts Endowment, the Richard T. Evans Fund, and the Renwick Acquisitions Fund
- Copyright
- © 2013, Dan Webb
- 2013
- Object number
- 2015.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Crafts
- Medium
- maple
- Dimensions
- 18 × 37 × 33 in. (45.7 × 94.0 × 83.8 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure\fragment\arm
- Record ID
- saam_2015.10
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d1089a5f-107a-4150-bd89-44068ee97b3a
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