Object Notes

In this painting, along with its pendant 1 800 Bad Drug [2014.15.2], two women sit opposite one another, engaged in a staring contest.

This pair of Japanese ornamental screens illustrates one of the best-known works of literature in Japanese history, The Tale of Genji, about the adventures, romantic and otherwise, of Prince Genji.

This painting is from a group of on-site works of the same location, executed at the same time of day, sunset, over the period of one year. Together, they function as a set of mug shots of the place where victims of three unrelated murders were found the previous year.

The Kongo ancestral figure is the inspiration for Renée Stout's Fetish #1. The artist's interest in African art focuses upon both the additive and textural components of central African sculpture, as well as its sense of contained power.

After Lunch Trying to Build Railway Ties (2005) features a patterned fabric backdrop that playfully echoes the still life scene in front of it.

Annette Kelm’s curiously staged images often do not distinguish between objects and people, and in her ongoing series of portraits, friends and fellow artists are depicted with the same deadpan style as inanimate objects [2016.16.1,

In Frying Pan, photographer Annette Kelm presents an early electric guitar (nicknamed the “frying pan”) against a turquoise-and-black Dutch wax fabric, typical of African textiles.

Turning into a Parrot (2003) depicts a gloved arm reaching into the picture plane from the right, upon which rests a large red parrot before a lush tropical backdrop of jade plants and palm trees.