While You Are Sleeping

Object NameSculpture

Artist Christina Bothwell (American, b. 1960)

Made FromGlass, Raku Ceramic

Date2007

TechniqueCast, pit-fired raku ceramic, cut, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 22 cm, W: 45 cm, D: 18.5 cm

Accession Number2008.4.59

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Favorites From the Contemporary Glass Collection

Interpretive Notes

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Bothwell is known for her charming yet strange human figures and anthropomorphic animals in kiln-cast glass, which sometimes incorporate textiles or other materials in addition to low-fired raku. Her figures are animated, energetic, and sometimes flipped upside down. All of them are mysterious and alluring. Bothwell’s work has recently taken a more symbolic turn with her interest in birth, death, and physical transformation.

Place Made

United States, PA, Stillwater

Physical DescriptionColorless and white glass; cast; pit-fired raku ceramic. Sculpture is of a reclining woman who has a "spirit" figure rising from her body. The bodies are made up of white and colorless glass, while the head of the reclining figure is brown and gray ceramic.
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