Sculptural Allegory for a Specific Cultural Sphere
Entry/Object ID
2022.0003.0001
Description
Jayson Musson is a multidisciplinary artist who received his MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania. This whimsical sculpture was inspired by the work of the late cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the Nancy comic strip. Bushmiller frequently made jabs at modern art, even depicting a similar sculpture being viewed by Nancy.
Musson says, “Oh yeah, the sculpture is pretty ridiculous; even when Nancy encounters it in the 1970 comic strip it appears in, she immediately hates it. But a think a wide gamut of responses to the piece are great. No one should trust art that is universally loved. It’s a trap.”
