Sherrie levine artist brancusi studio

sherrie levine artist brancusi studio

Sherrie Levine, 'Sherrie Levine Sherrie Levine' at Xavier ...

    Continuing the artist's interest in challenging modernist assumptions about originality and authenticity, this piece comprised recreations of Constantin Brancusi's marble sculpture Newborn () in black glass placed on top of nine black baby grand pianos; co-organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Portikus Frankfurt am Main.

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    Continuing the artist's interest in challenging modernist assumptions about originality and authenticity, this piece comprised recreations of Constantin Brancusi's marble sculpture Newborn () in black glass placed on top of nine black baby grand pianos; co-organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Portikus Frankfurt am Main.

Sherrie Levine, Newborns (Crystal Newborn, 1993, and Black ...

  • They take their form from a sculpture called The Newborn by Constantin Brancusi.
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  • Sherrie Levine is an American appropriation artist and member of the Pictures Generation.

    • Sherrie Levine
    Black Newborn, 1994
    14 x 19.7 x 15.2 cm.
    Cast and sandblasted glass.

    Edition of 12 (+ 3 AP)



    In a Phillips 2009 auction this work almost doubled the high estimate (of between $40,000 - 60,000) and sold for $110, 500.


    "The work of Sherrie Levine is rich in art historical reference with her use of image appropriation. By recycling imagery of another artist, Levine creates at once a work existing as an extension of familial relationships and as a fresh, new piece in itself. Black Newborn is a prime example with reference to Constantin Brancusi’s early twentieth century sculpture, Newborn, 1915, made in whitemarble.As an authorized reproduction of the Brancusi work, Black Newborn critiques issues of artistic authenticity and originality.

    Although immediately referencing Brancusi, Black Newborn discusses the legacy of twentieth century French artist Marcel Duchamp as well. As originator of the readymade sculpture, Duchamp declared pre-fabricated objec

    Sherrie Levine - Artforum

  • They take their form from a sculpture called The Newborn by Constantin Brancusi.
    • century reading Duchamp and Brancusi in relation to each other, according to a juxtaposition and a thesis Levine has set up.
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    Sherrie Levine (Born 1947) Sherrie Levine was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania in 1947.

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    Black Newborn (after Brancusi), 1994 - Sherrie Levine ...

      A sacred aura suffuses this exhibition of selected works by Sherrie Levine.

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  • Weston, whose photography is very evocative, saw the absoluteness of his shots as something similar to the sculptures of Brancusi.