SMALL FACES UNBOUND
SMALL FACES UNBOUND The title of this collection comes from the lyric in, The Byrds’ song, “Eight Miles High.” This ripe phrase evokes a range of fantastic imagery; uninhibited children, shrunken heads, unencumbered puppets and marvelous dismemberment to name a few things that popped into my head. Rather than discovering hidden faces or seeing them in inanimate objects (pareidolia), we focused on indelible visages—stark, psychological and philosophical—existential and mythological, some animal, some mysterious and some absurd. January 19-22, 2017. Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th St, New York, NY 1001. Additional show information: stevenspowers.com
SMALL FACES UNBOUND
The title of this collection comes from the lyric in, The Byrds’ song, “Eight Miles High.” This ripe phrase evokes a range of fantastic imagery; uninhibited children, shrunken heads, unencumbered puppets and marvelous dismemberment to name a few things that popped into my head.
Rather than discovering hidden faces or seeing them in inanimate objects (pareidolia), we focused on indelible visages—stark, psychological and philosophical—existential and mythological, some animal, some mysterious and some absurd.
January 19-22, 2017.
Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th St, New York, NY 1001. Additional show information: stevenspowers.com
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Important Mesquakie Dog Effigy Ladle<br />
Tama, Iowa<br />
carved wood, trade glass bead eyes, brass tacks<br />
Circa: 1840<br />
Size: 9 1/2" (oal) x 5 7/8" (w)<br />
Provenance: by descent through the family of John Young Bear,<br />
Gaylord Torrence, Ned Jalbert, Steve Powers, Peter Brams,<br />
Private collection.<br />
Evan M. Maurer, Director Emeritus, The Minneapolis Institute<br />
of Arts writes of this ladle, “With careful renditions of<br />
anatomical details like the open mouth, the bright staring eyes,<br />
and the ears that stand up at attention, this canine is clearly a<br />
portrait of the owner’s favorite companion who participated in<br />
the hunt and protected the family.”<br />
This powerful ladle descended within the carving family of<br />
John Young Bear and was likely made by his father or<br />
grandfather. It is quite large with a wide and thinly hewn bowl.<br />
The dog’s head maintains a darkened and complex surface from<br />
generations of use.
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