Un-plumb
Date1989
Artist
Lanny Bergner
(American sculptor, born 1952)
MediumHydrocal, silicone, and string
Dimensions41 × 9 × 9 in. (104.1 × 22.9 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineLouisa du Pont Copeland Memorial Fund, 1989
Object number1989-66
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label Text"When I was in grade school I remember being fascinated with a gold colored plumb-bob that my brother had. I remember it having a beautiful form. I took this memory and created Un-Plumb, a seemingly perfect form, but upon closer inspection one realizes that it is wrapped with string and oozing with silicone. The sculpture has both a beauty and an uneasiness, a hidden pain. It stimulates life."
