Studies in Isolation

Sculpture

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Studies in Isolation

Entry/Object ID

2016.90

Description

Bronze chair placed on a raised wood platform, on a longer wood base.

Artwork Details

Medium

Bronze, Wood

Context

This is one of the first pieces in my "Studies in Isolation" work. They function as landscapes in a time when I was questioning my interest in creating large scale sculpture. It has multiple influence including: the chair that originally represented my mothers support during her final years of fighting ovarian cancer (2001), eventually the chair evolved to also include the many isolated people I would come across when I first moved to Chicago. The source of the wood was also important as it was one of my first departures from solely using steel. The wood is from repurposed shipping crates from Ghana used to transport shona stone sculpture to a dealer that was my studio neighbor. I loved the idea of these crudely cut material from Africa used for shipping African artwork. Currently (2016) there are roughly 10 of these type of sculptures. This particular piece was a gift to Chuck when his partner passed.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Chuck Thurow

Made/Created

Artist

Majeed, Faheem

Date made

2007

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

USA

Notes

Inscription Type: red ink

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

sculpture (visual works), visual works (works), grief, negative emotions, emotion, psychological concepts, social science concepts

Hierarchy Name

Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)

Facet

Objects Facet, Associated Concepts Facet

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Isolation

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

12 in

Depth

10 in

Length

19-1/2 in

Exhibition

For Chicago, With Chicago