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Steven Young Lee, Vase with Landscape and Dinosaurs, 2014, porcelain with pigment and glaze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Richard Fryklund, Giselle and Ben Huberman, David and Clemmer Montague, and museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art , 2015.17, © 2014, Steven Young Lee
Steven Young Lee perfectly formed and then deconstructed this vase. A closer look reveals roaming dinosaurs, which transform a traditional Chinese landscape painting on porcelain.
Lee expresses the artist’s role in questioning boundaries: “As artists, our role is to observe, question, and articulate the moment. An important aspect of this work is the sincerity of the investigation and the willingness to engage in difficult conversations.… while boundaries do exist, the mere fact of their existence invites — if not demands — that they be confronted, challenged, and reshaped.”
This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
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Vase with Landscape and Dinosaurs
- Artist
- Date
- 2014
- Location
- Dimensions
- 20 1⁄2 × 13 1⁄2 × 12 3⁄4 in. (52.1 × 34.3 × 32.4 cm)
- Copyright
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© 2014, Steven Young Lee
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Richard Fryklund, Giselle and Ben Huberman, David and Clemmer Montague, and museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- porcelain with pigment and glaze
- Classifications
- Highlights
- Keywords
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- Animal – other – dinosaur
- Object Number
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2015.17
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- Linked Open Data
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