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Jeanne Silverthorne

Dry Mouth, 2003

Description

Maker

  • Jeanne Silverthorne, b. 1950, American

Title

Dry Mouth

Year

2003

Medium

Rubber

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • rubber

Dimensions

56.5 x 77.5 x 16.5 cm (22 5/16 x 30 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches)

Identification

Edition

3/3

Place

Western

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Gift of the artist

Object Number

2008.63

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Nature/Artifice

April 25, 2009 - February 28, 2010

Jeanne Silverthorne makes eccentric and uncanny sculptural objects and installations from cast rubber. In Dry Mouth, the strange, bubbling substance spilling out from the frame is based on images of healthy human mouth bacteria greatly enlarged through an electron microscope. The work evokes the physicality of the human body, but it also suggests a metaphor for an uncontrolled emotional state. Set in an ornate black picture frame, it wittily blurs the distinction between painting and sculpture.

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