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Aaron Decker

Die! No! Bomb!
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Maker

Aaron Decker (American, b. 1989)

Title

Die! No! Bomb!

Year

2022

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

12 x 9 x 8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 1/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary Ann Lippitt Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2023.48.1

Type

Exhibition History

Brighten Up! Contemporary Enamels
Jun 01, 2024 – May 02, 2027

Label copy

These enamel samples reveal the artist’s process of developing colors and textures for this unique jewelry-object. Aaron Decker explains:

The only dinosaur that I saw when I was a kid was Reptar from the Nickelodeon show Rugrats. I think it’s funny that my idea of a dinosaur is so concretely in my mind as that image. . . . He is bright green, scary, and moves like Godzilla. I could never know what a dinosaur skin looks like, but there is enough embedded understanding of popular culture, images of lizards, and what we have collectively agreed these beasts look like, to trick a viewer into thinking this glass is “like” dinosaur skin.

Decorative Arts and Design Galleries
Apr 15, 2014

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Tombstone

Aaron Decker (American, b. 1989)
Die! No! Bomb!, 2022
Silver and enamel
12 x 9 x 8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 1/8 inches)
Mary Ann Lippitt Acquisition Fund 2023.48.1

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