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Sibyl Figures #11
2002
80 x 7 x 10 in. (203.2 x 17.78 x 25.4 cm)
Danae Mattes (Eastern United States, 1958 - )
Character Studies: Clay from the Collection, October 3, 2015 - February 7, 2016, New Wing, Second Floor, North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.
Label copy created for Character Studies: Clay from the Collection (2015-2016)
“I hope to express the fusion of materiality and the inferred sublime, not a picturesque narrative. I intend to visually create a sense of place, or space, that has within it a type of poetic clarity which extends perceptive possibilities beyond a rational descriptive.” –Danae Mattes
In her work, Danae Mattes is always concerned with the subtleties of nature. Using organic materials, she creates pieces that require the input of natural forces. Surfaces cracked from drying air or residue from evaporated water are part of the artist’s media. Sibyl Figures #9 introduces an interesting juxtaposition of the natural and the mythological, blending these processes of nature with the figure of a sibyl, an ancient Greek prophetess who foretold the future or the dictates of a god.
The shapes and materiality ground the work as something from the earth. Chunky clumps of clay unexpectedly come together to form elegant shapes. The unlikely and precarious way the piece leans and balances against the wall makes Sibyl Figures #9 seem free from the physical constraints of nature—just as a sibyl challenges our perceptions of reality.
-- Marja Van der Loo, former curator
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Sibyl Figures #11
Sculpture
200280 x 7 x 10 in. (203.2 x 17.78 x 25.4 cm)
Danae Mattes (Eastern United States, 1958 - )
Object Type: Sculpture
Medium and Support: Ceramic
Credit Line: Gift of G.B. Carson, Berkeley, California
Accession Number: 2006.21.02
Exhibition
Character Studies: Clay from the Collection, October 3, 2015 - February 7, 2016, New Wing, Second Floor, North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.
SJMA Label Text
Label copy created for Character Studies: Clay from the Collection (2015-2016)
“I hope to express the fusion of materiality and the inferred sublime, not a picturesque narrative. I intend to visually create a sense of place, or space, that has within it a type of poetic clarity which extends perceptive possibilities beyond a rational descriptive.” –Danae Mattes
In her work, Danae Mattes is always concerned with the subtleties of nature. Using organic materials, she creates pieces that require the input of natural forces. Surfaces cracked from drying air or residue from evaporated water are part of the artist’s media. Sibyl Figures #9 introduces an interesting juxtaposition of the natural and the mythological, blending these processes of nature with the figure of a sibyl, an ancient Greek prophetess who foretold the future or the dictates of a god.
The shapes and materiality ground the work as something from the earth. Chunky clumps of clay unexpectedly come together to form elegant shapes. The unlikely and precarious way the piece leans and balances against the wall makes Sibyl Figures #9 seem free from the physical constraints of nature—just as a sibyl challenges our perceptions of reality.
-- Marja Van der Loo, former curator
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- Sculpture Dimensions: 80 x 7 x 10 in. (203.2 x 17.78 x 25.4 cm)
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