Detail View: CVPA Student Collection: 2017
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resource_ID:
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17mtorbick_asperitas
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artist_name:
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Torbick, Marita
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artist_variant_name:
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Marita Torbick
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artist_nationality:
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United States
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artist_vital_dates:
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1949
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UMassD_CVPA_degree:
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MFA - Fine Arts
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graduation_year:
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2017
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area_of_study:
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Sculpture
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additional_acad_degrees:
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BA Business Management (Sonoma State University)
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medium:
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Polypropylene film, zip ties, ink
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work_title:
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Asperitas
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technique:
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The plastic film was cut into the columnar form, drawings of corinthan columns were drawing in ink along with cloud forms, and the plastic was dissected. The form was hung from a plexiglass top by filament and the pieces of plastic film were attached by zip ties.
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work_date:
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2017
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dimensions:
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83 x 12 x 12 inches
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description:
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Asperitas, the fifth Pillar of the Apocalypse, is named for World Meteorological Organization's newly inducted cloud into the International Cloud Atlas. This cloud is unique formation with a chaotic, wave-like underside reminiscent of ominous rough sea. Perhaps it is an unlucky cloud. The sculpture depicts Corinthian columns and playful white clouds gathering into a dense black cloud drawn in black ink on a luminescent field of thin, semi-transparent propylene film. The sculpture hangs from a fine thread of plastic filament and, like a cloud, floats and sways as air moves about it. Sections are adjoined with transparent zip ties with the fragments becoming smaller as the form descends to the floor referencing how that plastic breaks down when exposed to the elements but never complete decomposes.
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artist_URL:
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MaritaTorbick.com
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