Escher-ish Horn Spoon
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Native American artists Marcellus and Elizabeth Toya Medina and Kevin Pourier create works inspired by both old and new art forms. The painted designs on the water jar of classic Pueblo shape combine traditional masked Kachinas in static poses with naturalistic, muscled, male Pueblo dancers who seem to burst off the vessel’s surface. The inlaid buffalo-horn spoon, a traditional Plains implement, is given a contemporary twist in Pourier’s homage to M. C. Escher’s hypnotic prints.
Caption
Kevin Pourier Oglala, Lakota, Sioux, born 1958. Escher-ish Horn Spoon, 2009. Buffalo horn, mother-of-pearl, resin, 3 1/2 x 17 in. (8.9 x 43.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William A. Putnam, by exchange , 2010.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.61.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Escher-ish Horn Spoon
Date
2009
Medium
Buffalo horn, mother-of-pearl, resin
Classification
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 17 in. (8.9 x 43.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of William A. Putnam, by exchange
Accession Number
2010.61
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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