Nightwork: Shame
Artist
Rose B. Simpson
Santa Clara Pueblo, born 1983
Date2023
MediumCeramic, ferrous metal base, paint, wood, plastic, glass, wire, adhesive
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 35 × 10 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (88.9 × 26.7 × 21.6cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object number2024.8.1
On View
On view“Nightwork” is what I call the process of reliving the pivotal moments of the day— picking through to find the moments where I felt an emotional charge … I retell myself the story until I am lying there experiencing the same emotional charge that surfaced in the day. It is then that I let the story go. [Each figure is] “based on the subjects they are named for. I noted how each of the thoughts or experiences made me feel and marked them on the small clay bodies. I then adhered shattered clay to these areas to mimic the intensity of this process.”
L. Dougherty, ["The People's Collection, Reimagined," 2024]ProvenanceCreated by the artist, 2023; with Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; sold to the NCMA, 2024.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art." March 2-July 28, 2024.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection Reimagined," November 18, 2024-present. Object Rights Statement
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