This Shit is Bananas

Object NameNeon Installation

Edition

4 of 10

Artist Megan Stelljes (American, b. 1987)

Made FromGlass, Neon

Date2017

TechniqueSculpted

SizeOverall H: 76.2 cm, W: 45.7 cm, D: 10.2 cm

Accession Number2019.4.181

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

New Glass Now

New Glass Now (TRAVEL)

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Harnessing the humor that has been part of artistic glassworking since the Funky 1960s, Stelljes’s piece is a funny, witty, and astute political commentary. Oh, and those bananas? Hot-sculpted glass. Impressive. -Susie J. Silbert Instagram: @meganstelljes

Place Made

United States, WA, Tacoma (neon); United States, WA, Seattle (glass)

Physical DescriptionNeon Installation, "This Shit is Bananas". Sculpted glass, neon. Neon installation comprised of three sculpted glass bananas hanging below a sign with the words "this / shit / is" illuminated with pink neon. Edition 4 of 10.
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