May Premier Auction: Day 2
Sat, May 20, 2017 09:00AM EDT - Mon, May 22, 2017 09:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 1190
Thomas Mann
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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(New Orleans, Louisiana/Pennsylvania 20th/21st century)
Power Down, 2006, with brooch, signed, titled verso box and on brooch, mixed media: bronze, silver, acrylics and Micarta (brooch) and electrical components, neon, paint, plexiglass, light bulbs, wood, plastic, metal and photo print on , 24 x 18 x 5 in.. Notes: "Never take the power supply for granted. It comes at a huge cost, on a lot of levels, to all of us. Where does your power come from?" A poignant note ends the description of [Power Down], all of which was constructed from parts found on the streets of New Orleans and along the beaches of the Gulf Coast after the disasterous aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. It was the costliest of national disasters in both its devastation and toll in human life. This works is a response to that event. Art here, like with 911, becomes a deep expression of national grief and remembrance. The brooch, by the same title, is described by the artist as "a 'construcy' brooch that depicts the fractured system."
Exhibited: [Thomas Mann: Storm Cycle, An Artist Responds to Hurricane Katrina], Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, February 17-May 21, 2006; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; The Baum School of Art, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts; Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina; Made In Metal Gallery, Baltimore Maryland, September 10-October 21, 2007; National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, November 18, 2007-January 27, 2008
Literature: Exhibition catalog: [Thomas Mann: Storm Cycle, An Artist Responds to Hurricane Katrina], Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, 2006, p.14, ill. P. 14, 15 (lot is accompanied by catalog signed and inscribed by the artist); featured publications including the brochure for the exhibit, The State Museum of Pennsylvania (accompanied by one addressed to Thomas Mann). Provenance: Purchased to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina; Private North Carolina Collection
box in working order, generally good condition, brooch with one piece off but present
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