Object Details
- Artist
- Juan Hamilton, born Dallas, TX 1945
- Luce Center Label
- Juan Hamilton’s Juan 11-17-84 is from a series of works that suggest organisms, vessels, and landscapes all at once. These dark bronzes have been compared to the black-glazed pottery of New Mexico’s pueblos, to the “meditation rocks” of Zen gardens, and to the idols of Easter Island. Hamilton’s pieces are built from a metal armature that the artist bends into a shape that pleases him. The armature is then overlaid with fiberglass before being sent to the foundry for bronze casting. The final step involves applying several layers of black lacquer before the piece is wet-sanded (Rose, Juan Hamilton, 1987).
- Luce Object Quote
- “If you want people to believe in your work, you have to believe in it yourself . . . [My pieces] are like old friends.” Juan Hamilton, 1989
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick
- 1984
- Object number
- 1993.54.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts
- Crafts
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 16 1/2 x 19 in. (41.9 x 48.3 cm) diam.
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 52B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Record ID
- saam_1993.54.5
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk71bb2a484-b122-4513-9282-e2a5079259c4
