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Maker(s):Plessi, Fabrizio
Culture:Italian (1940- )
Title:Cristallo liquido
Date Made:1998
Type:Sculpture; Time-Based Media
Materials:Iron table; drinking glass; metal bucket; monitor; video recorder; recorded video cassette; soundrecording
Accession Number:  MH 2017.1
Credit Line:Gift of Elizabeth Musser Solway (Class of 1960)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Label Text:
Inside a metal bucket the illusion of water is created by a video playing on an embedded television screen. The video captures the quality of flowing and dripping water without ever spilling. On the ceiling, an upside-down table holds a stemmed glass over the bucket, suggesting itself as the water’s source. Water is a recurring theme in Fabrizio Plessi’s installations, videos, and sculptures. Plessi resides in Venice, a city surrounded by canals, and in his work water is often used to evoke motion and transience. In this installation, Plessi holds us in suspense, creating a scene in which gravity is defied and matter exists in an in-between state.

-Sylvie Mayer, RISD ’18, Institute of Curatorial Practice Intern (Summer 2017)

Tags:
conceptual art; tables; vessels; drinking

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