Triple Helix
Kelly Akashi
Contemporary Art
Triple Helix evokes relationships among bodies across time, history, and memory. Kelly Akashi imagines the biomorphic glass sculptures—inspired by the simplified contours of figural pre-Hispanic ceramics—as ancestral female bodies, tethered by a snaking coil of rope. When the quartz bell suspended overhead is chimed, it emits a low-pitched tone that Akashi intends “to be felt in the deepest part of your body.” The combination of sound, vibrations, and blown glass encourages a moment of reverent self-awareness.
MEDIUM
Glass, stone, metal, hair, plastic, wood, activation (bell ringing)
DATES
2020
DIMENSIONS
Height variable, minimum installation height given: 96 × 72 in., 780 lb. (243.8 × 182.9 cm, 353.81kg)
storage (2022 storage volume of crate for table elements): 81 × 80 × 29 in. (205.7 × 203.2 × 73.7 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2020.11
CREDIT LINE
Purchase gift of Steve and Kathy Guttman
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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