COLLECTION NAME:
CVPA Student Collection
mediaCollectionId
UMASSDVRCVRC~34~34
CVPA Student Collection
Collection
true
resource_ID:
17mtorbick_asperitas
resource_id
17mtorbick_asperitas
resource_ID
false
artist_name:
Torbick, Marita
student_last_name
Torbick, Marita
artist_name
false
artist_variant_name:
Marita Torbick
student_first_name
Marita Torbick
artist_variant_name
false
artist_nationality:
United States
student_nationality
United States
artist_nationality
false
artist_vital_dates:
1949
student_vital_dates
1949
artist_vital_dates
false
UMassD_CVPA_degree:
MFA - Fine Arts
umassd_cvpa_degree
MFA - Fine Arts
UMassD_CVPA_degree
false
graduation_year:
2017
mfa_graduation_year
2017
graduation_year
false
area_of_study:
Sculpture
area_of_study
Sculpture
area_of_study
false
additional_acad_degrees :
BA Business Management (Sonoma State University)
academic_degree
BA Business Management (Sonoma State University)
additional_acad_degrees
false
medium:
Polypropylene film, zip ties, ink
medium
Polypropylene film, zip ties, ink
medium
false
work_title:
Asperitas
work_title
Asperitas
work_title
false
technique:
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.
technique
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.
technique
false
work_date:
2017
work_date
2017
work_date
false
dimensions:
83 x 12 x 12 inches
dimensions
83 x 12 x 12 inches
dimensions
false
description:
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.
description
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.
description
false
artist_URL:
MaritaTorbick.com
artist_url
MaritaTorbick.com
artist_URL
false