Artwork Details
- Title
- Celestial Body
- Artist
- Date
- 2005
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 63 × 15 in. (160 × 38.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Judith S. Weisman
- Mediums Description
- bronze, brass, and aluminum
- Subjects
- Abstract
- Object Number
- 2021.62
Artwork Description
Celestial bodies—like stars, planets, asteroids, and nebulas—are as wide-ranging as the entire universe. Many bodies are known; many others exist that we may never discover. Lanny Bergner weaves the wonder of the universe with common materials found in a hardware store: mesh screens of bronze, brass, and aluminum. The artist cut and pieced the metal to form this ethereal hanging sculpture.
This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
Verbal Description
Suspended from the ceiling is a large, irregularly shaped object, roughly five feet tall with a depth of about fifteen inches. It hangs from a point at the top and gently widens. It narrows in the center, then widens again, before tapering off to another point at the bottom. Short wires stick out from the surface of the form and wind in a spiral down its entire length. Beneath this prickly surface there is a dense pattern like that of a steel wool sponge. Made entirely of tangled bronze, brass, and aluminum wires, the floating object has several layers. The outer layer is a translucent bronze, revealing within it a darker bronze core that mimics the overall shape of the object. This core has a denser texture and is roughly half the size of the object that contains it. The multiple dimensions and shape of this floating object might call to mind the form of a cocoon or chrysalis.
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