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Meat Chandelier

Object NameChandelier
Artist Deborah Czeresko (American, b. 1961)
Made FromGlass, Metal
Date2018
Place MadeUnited States, NY, Brooklyn
TechniqueBlown
SizeOverall H: 244 cm, W: 152 cm, D: 152 cm
Accession Number2019.4.165
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
New Glass Now (TRAVEL)
New Glass Now
CA+D Reopening 2020
On ViewContemporary Art + Design, Porch
Interpretive Notes
Meat Chandelier transforms the ornate, floral Venetian chandelier into a butcher’s rack. Czeresko's self-proclaimed “sausage fest” pokes fun at macho glassblowers and their obsession with historic Venetian glassblowing techniques. Using her own mastery of those skills and her sense of humor, Czeresko asserts her queer female presence in glass.
Physical DescriptionChandelier, "Meat Chandelier". Red, white, and colorless blown glass; metal armature. Large blown glass chandelier whose parts are made to resemble various cuts of meat such as pork chops, kielbasa, slabs of salami, sausage links, and veal cutlets.
Provenance
Source Deborah Czeresko (American, b. 1961) - 2018-2019-11-13
Object copyright© Deborah Czeresko
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