The Department of Contemporary Art was enriched by new acquisitions by today鈥檚 established and emerging artists that bridge the historical and contemporary collections and support the Museum-wide effort to diversify the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 collection.
Zhan Wang
Artificial Rock #85
2005
Chrome-plated stainless steel
In China, distinctive geological stones have been collected and contemplated as 鈥渟cholar鈥檚 rocks鈥 for thousands of years. Called jiashanshi, or 鈥渁rtificial mountains,鈥 the largest rocks were placed in private or public courtyards to allow city dwellers a spiritual experience of 鈥渂eing in nature鈥 through the miniature mountainscape. Wang recreates鈥攊n sleek and mirror-like stainless steel鈥攁 celebrated scholar鈥檚 rock used for meditation and contemplation.
Gift of Ann and Graham Gund in honor of Malcolm Rogers and to celebrate his remarkable accomplishments as Director of the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播, Boston
Reproduced with permission
Lorna Simpson
The Clock Tower
1995
Serigraph on twelve felt panels with one felt text panel
The Clock Tower by acclaimed artist Lorna Simpson explores issues of identity, memory, race, gender, class, and the nuance of language, and is recognized as one of the pivotal works of her career. Although devoid of figures, the large-scale work printed on felt contains an imaginary narrative, its mood akin to film noir. On an accompanying text panel written by Simpson, we read a phone conversation between two colleagues planning an illicit assignation in the tower鈥檚 rooftop conference room.
Museum purchase with funds donated by Joyce Linde in honor of Malcolm Rogers
Reproduced with permission
Teresita Fern谩ndez
Ghost (Vines)
2013
Laser-cut stainless steel with green silkscreen ink on reverse
Teresita Fern谩ndez鈥檚 Ghost (Vines) references nature鈥檚 fleeting presence. Layers of precision-cut mirrored stainless steel are backed with bright green silkscreen ink. As light hits the steel, a green dappled shadow is cast behind and around the metal panels mimicking the pattern and softness of moss. Fern谩ndez describes such works as 鈥渓andscape sculpture,鈥 and they reflect a fascination with evoking the natural world through unexpected materials at odds with the illusions they create.
William Francis Warden Fund, Towles Contemporary Art Fund, and funds donated by Joyce Linde, Vance Wall Foundation, Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick, The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection, Joy and Doug Kant, and Shelly and Bruce Eckman
Photo by Will Lytch. Courtesy of the artist and Lehman Maupin, New York and Hong Kong