Stop

Robly A. Glover, Stop, 2017, nickel silver, chrome-plated steel, and cork, 18 × 18 × 4 in. (45.7 × 45.7 × 10.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist in honor of Patricia and Robly A. Glover, Sr., 2018.10, (c) 2018, Robly A. Glover

Artwork Details

Title
Stop
Date
2017
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
18 × 18 × 4 in. (45.7 × 45.7 × 10.2 cm)
Copyright
(c) 2018, Robly A. Glover
Credit Line
Gift of the artist in honor of Patricia and Robly A. Glover, Sr.
Mediums Description
nickel silver, chrome-plated steel, and cork
Classifications
Subjects
  • Dress — accessory — jewelry
Object Number
2018.10

Artwork Description

Glover's jewelry often incorporates multiple units of a single found object. According to the artist, this repetition allows the objects to transcend their original purpose, culminating in a work that "exists on all levels, from the banal to the intellectual to the spiritual." The whistles that make up Stop, for example, can be read either as functional necessities or perhaps as talismans for the #MeToo era.

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019

Works by this artist (1 item)

Gale Stockwell, Parkville, Main Street, 1933, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.124
Parkville, Main Street
Date1933
oil on canvas
Not 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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