Situation 1 (Feet and Hair)
Artist
Valeska Soares
(Brazilian, born 1957)
Fabricator
Art Foundry
(American, founded 1980)
Date1996
Mediumsynthetic hair, beeswax
Dimensions250 1/16 × 9 7/8 × 9 in. (635.2 × 25.1 × 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Bobbie Foshay, 2017
Object number2017.24.12
DescriptionA pair of human feet cast in an ivory colored wax is attached to a long rope of black hair that has been twisted together. The hair is looped through a ring at the top and splits into two sections were it attaches to each foot.eMuseum Notes
Situation One utilizes
the tactile qualities of both beeswax and synthetic hair to evoke a
simultaneous sense of discomfort and familiarity. As an artist, Soares considers
both the object and the space it occupies to create subtle works that evoke
emotions and associations.
On View
Not on viewTerms
Benjamin Montague
2008
circa 1855
