Object Details
- Artist
- Steven Young Lee, born Chicago, IL 1975
- Exhibition Label
- Steven Young Lee perfectly formed and then deconstructed this vase. A closer look reveals roaming dinosaurs, which transform a traditional Chinese landscape painting on porcelain.
- Lee expresses the artist’s role in questioning boundaries: “As artists, our role is to observe, question, and articulate the moment. An important aspect of this work is the sincerity of the investigation and the willingness to engage in difficult conversations. . . . while boundaries do exist, the mere fact of their existence invites—if not demands—that they be confronted, challenged, and reshaped.”
- This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Richard Fryklund, Giselle and Ben Huberman, David and Clemmer Montague, and museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art
- Copyright
- © 2014, Steven Young Lee
- 2014
- Object number
- 2015.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
- Medium
- porcelain with pigment and glaze
- Dimensions
- 20 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (52.1 × 34.3 × 32.4 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Renwick Gallery, 2nd Floor, Room 207
- Renwick Gallery, 2nd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape
- Animal\other\dinosaur
- Record ID
- saam_2015.17
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk79f96a351-6014-4635-831b-2c7fb5535919
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