Curtain Call Theater

© Estate of Carla Lombardi. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprodu…
© Estate of Carla Lombardi
Curtain Call Theater
© Estate of Carla Lombardi. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Curtain Call Theater

Date2016
Artist (American artist and ceramicist, 1939–2019)
MediumMid-range stoneware, slip, underglazes, and glaze
Dimensions26 × 15 × 10 in. (66 × 38.1 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist, 2017
Object number2017-110
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Label TextCurtain Call Theater includes images drawn from popular culture such as the backdrop taken from generic scenes of Italy from pizza box tops. The nude figures populating the scene are often portraits of friends or celebrities, and the standing figures are working whistles. The odd combinations are intentional, expressing Lombardi’s interest in human vulnerability in today’s world.
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