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Manga Ormolu 2.0-s

Artist Brendan Tang (Canadian, b.1975, Dublin, Ireland)
Date2022
Dimensions40 × 19 × 15 in. (101.6 × 48.3 × 38.1 cm) overall
Classification(s)
  • SCULPTURE
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund. Proposed by students in the course "Acquiring Art: Selecting and Purchasing Objects for WCMA", Fall 2023
Terms
  • pottery
  • robot
  • vase
  • dragon
Object numberM.2024.6
DescriptionThe vessel at the top alludes to pottery of the Ming Dynasty era, while the rest of the piece draws on technological imagery inspired by the contemporary visual culture of anime and manga.
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Exhibitions
The First Cornet, Streshnev
Grigory Borisov and Nikolaj Prusakov
1928 (year film premiered)
Book and Mirror
William H. Giersbach
1975/1976