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Arlene Shechet

Contemporary Art

Arlene Shechet, a ceramicist and sculptor, also creates handmade papers from abacá, a plant native to the Philippines and prized for its delicate fibers. These works simultaneously make reference to the floor plans of Buddhist shrines, Japanese aizuri-e prints, and blue-and-white porcelain. The Flow Blue series, from which this work derives, is named after a particular type of British transfer pottery popular during the early nineteenth century. Modeled after Asian blue-and-white porcelain, these wares are known for their deliberately blurred forms mimicking the marbled appearance of lapis lazuli.
PORTFOLIO/SERIES From the "Flow Blue Series"
MEDIUM Handmade abaca paper
DATES 2000
DIMENSIONS 25 x 35 in. (63.5 x 88.9 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2001.61
CREDIT LINE Emily Winthrop Miles Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Arlene Shechet (American, born 1951). Survey, 2000. Handmade abaca paper, 25 x 35 in. (63.5 x 88.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund , 2001.61. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2001.61_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2001.61_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2016
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Arlene Shechet (American, born 1951). <em>Survey</em>, 2000. Handmade abaca paper, 25 x 35 in.  (63.5 x 88.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund
, 2001.61. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2001.61_PS9.jpg)