MULTIPLICATION

CONCRETE VEGETABLES

CONCRETE VEGETABLES

1998 Bob And Roberta Smith (1958 − )

A few concrete vegetables were made originally by my mother and grandmother. You might say their manufacture is a kind of family tradition. I make them these days as a fine art multiple object. I like the fact that they have made the transition from folk art eccentricity to fine art multiple. Each vegetable is unique, decorated in a particular way by the artist. It is the activity of making them rather than the object that fascinates me. My wife and I are presently teaching our son and daughter to make concrete vegetable sculpture.

Multiplication, The British Council 2001

 

  • Accession Number P7446
  • Dimensions 76 X 19 X 7 CM
  • Media CONCRETE AND GLOSS PAINT

Glossary

  • Sculpture

    A three-dimensional work of art. Such works may be carved, modelled, constructed, or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, relief, and made in a huge variety of media. Contemporary practice also includes live elements, as in Gilbert & George 'Living Sculpture' as well as broadcast work, radio or sound sculpture.

Past exhibitions

MULTIPLICATION

  • 2006
    • Chile, Santiago, Instituto De Arte Moderno
    • Colombia, Barranquilla, Museo De Arte Moderno
    • Colombia, Cali, Museo La Tertulia
    • Colombia, Bogota, Galeria Santa Fe De Bogota
  • 2005
    • Venezuela, Caracas, Museo De Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero
    • Venezuela, Maracaibo, Museo Arte Contemporaneo De Zulia
  • 2004
    • Albania, Tirana, Galeria Kombetare E Arteve
    • Macedonia, Skopje, Museum Of Modern Art
    • Bulgaria, Varna, Varna Art Museum
    • Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Plovdiv City Art Gallery
    • Bulgaria, Sofia, Sofia City Art Gallery
  • 2003
    • Cyprus, Limassol, Evagoras Lanitis Centre
    • Cyprus, Nicosia, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre
    • Slovenia, Ljubljana, Mestna Gallery
    • Slovenia, Celje, Contemporary Arts Gallery
    • Slovenia, Maribor, Kibla Centre
    • Estonia, Tallinn, Tallinn Town Hall
  • 2002
    • Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Museum of Fine Art, Husove Street Gallery
    • Yugoslavia, Podgorica, Podgorica
    • Yugoslavia, Belgrade, Art Pavilion
    • Poland, Wroclaw, Awagarda Gallery
    • Croatia, Zagreb, Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti
    • Croatia, Zadar, Galerija Umjetnin Narodnog Muzeja
    • Croatia, Split, Galerija Umjetnina
    • Croatia, Dubrovnik, Palaca Sponza
  • 2001
    • Romania, Sibiu, Museum Brukenthal
    • Romania, Brasov, Muzeul De Arta Brasov
    • Romania, Bucharest, National Museum Of Art
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