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
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Stop
- Artist
- 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
- 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
Exhibitions
November 13, 2015–March 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.