Sugar Bowl and Creamer III

Myra Mimlitsch Gray, Sugar Bowl and Creamer III, 1996, copper, Sugar Bowl: 10 786 785 18 in. (27.617.613.1 cm) Creamer: 10 789 784 14 in. (27.625.010.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, 1997.56A-B

Artwork Details

Title
Sugar Bowl and Creamer III
Date
1996
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
Sugar Bowl: 10 786 785 18 in. (27.617.613.1 cm) Creamer: 10 789 784 14 in. (27.625.010.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the James Renwick Alliance on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery
Mediums Description
copper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — other — dish
Object Number
1997.56A-B

Artwork Description

These molds of a sugar bowl and creamer upend the sentimentality of domestic heirlooms. Myra Mimlitsch-Gray renders the objects useless to draw into question the very mission of craft. She notes, “I am motivated by craft’s agency, whether asserted by the maker or instrumental through use; by its potential to cultivate community, and its symbolic resonance garnered across generations.”



















This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022

Works by this artist (19 items)

Philadelphia Wireman, Untitled, ca. 1970-1975, tweezers, electrical cord, button, and wire, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.56
Untitled
Dateca. 1970-1975
tweezers, electrical cord, button, and wire
On view
Philadelphia Wireman, Untitled, ca. 1970-1975, found objects and wire, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.51
Untitled
Dateca. 1970-1975
found objects and wire
On view
Philadelphia Wireman, Untitled, ca. 1970-1975, piano keys, bead, chain, plastic, and wire, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.52
Untitled
Dateca. 1970-1975
piano keys, bead, chain, plastic, and wire
On view
Philadelphia Wireman, Untitled, ca. 1970-1975, found objects and wire, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.48
Untitled
Dateca. 1970-1975
found objects and wire
On view

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

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Date1998
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