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Janine Antoni

Umbilical

Maker

Janine Antoni (Bahamian, b.1964 in Freeport, Bahamas)
Polich Art Works, manufacturer, (RISD MFA 1989, Sculpture)

Title

Umbilical

Year

2000

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

sterling silver

Dimensions

7.6 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm (3 x 8 x 3 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Engraved "A" serves as the final mark of the artist's approval.

Identification

Edition

2/35

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2002.19

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

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Janine Antoni (Bahamian, b.1964 in Freeport, Bahamas)
Polich Art Works, manufacturer
Umbilical, 2000
Cast sterling silver of family silverware and negative impressions of artist's mouth and mother's hand
7.6 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm (3 x 8 x 3 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2002.19

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