A211 TRANNIK
Artist
Jackie Ferrara
(American, born 1929)
Date1980
Mediumpine
Dimensions83.8 x 259.6 x 38.1 cm (33 x 102 3/16 x 15 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCharlotte E. W. Buffington Fund
Object number1993.8
Label TextAround 1973, Jackie Ferrara began working with lengths of wood which she would measure, cut, and stack into “pyramids” and “stairways” and eventually complex, imaginary architectural spaces like A211 TRANNIK. While Ferrara maintained a minimalist preference for forms that evoke concepts instead of emotions, her use of precision and repetition allowed for surprising and playful effects: side-grain played off against end-grain, openings amidst solids, curves from rectangles, patterns from shadows cast upon itself. Reflecting on the visible organization yet unidentifiable nature of her work, Ferrara commented, “My whole life has been about some kind of order, especially order in my thinking…I became a sculptor because I like working with my hands. Early on I liked to build bookshelves and closets, and at some point I was able to incorporate that skill into my work…If I wanted to evoke anything, it would be something you couldn’t place, something ahistorical. I’d like my sculpture to imply forms so ancient they precede recorded history or belong 3000 years in the future.”
ProvenanceMichael Klein, Inc., 594 Broadway, Suite 302, New York, N.Y. 10012On View
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