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David Allyn

General Electric Building Platter

Description

Maker

David Allyn (American, b. 1972), (RISD MFA 2003, Ceramics)

Title

General Electric Building Platter

Year

2015

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Diameter: 47.6 cm (18 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Joseph A. Chazan, MD

Object Number

2016.33.4

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Phantom of Liberty
Contemporary Works in the RISD Museum Collection
May 04, 2018 – Dec 30, 2018

Label copy

Using materials that may last thousands of years, I have taken my own steps toward preserving some of the forsaken spaces that occupy the city I call home. My hope is to create dialogue about the path of underutilized urban areas, as our culture learns to navigate the concept of adaptive reuse and the growing tendency towards renewed urbanism. With the trend in capitalism being to simply erase our history and build something new, I believe that developing a conversation in which we reimagine the habitat we create and honestly investigate why we do so is both worth our time and vital to our survival. -David Allyn

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David Allyn (American, b. 1972)
General Electric Building Platter, 2015
Porcelain with screen print
Diameter: 47.6 cm (18 3/4 inches)
Museum purchase: gift of Joseph A. Chazan, MD 2016.33.4

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