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Artwork Survey: 2010s

Arlene Shechet

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  1. Better Than Black
    2010
    Glazed ceramic on steel base
    72 × 13 × 21 inches

    Photo: Cathy Carver

    © Arlene Shechet

  2. So and So and So and So and On and On
    foreground
    2010
    Glazed and fired ceramic on glazed kiln brick base
    51½ × 45 × 35 inches

    Installation view: The Sound of It, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

    Photo: Cathy Carver

    © Arlene Shechet

  3. The Sound of It
    2010

    Installation view: Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

    Photo: Cathy Carver

    © Arlene Shechet

  4. Was Still
    2011
    Glazed and fired ceramic on brick base
    44 × 15 × 15 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  5. A Night Out
    2011
    Glazed and fired ceramic on wood base
    45 × 13 × 17 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  6. A Night Out
    detail
    2011
    Glazed and fired ceramic on wood base
    45 × 13 × 17 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  7. Because the Dark is Light
    detail
    2011
    Glazed and fired ceramic on solid pine and steel base
    66⅛ × 22 × 25 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  8. Rascal
    2011
    Glazed ceramic on solid wood and steel base
    60 × 17 × 17 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  9. Slick Drip
    2011
    Glazed ceramic on hardwood base
    53½ × 10½ × 15 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  10. Borrowed From Ghosts
    2011
    Glazed ceramic on solid wood base
    74 × 18 × 14 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  11. Mountains are Aware
    2012
    Glazed ceramic on concrete base
    48 × 15 × 15 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  12. Tall Tale
    detail
    2012
    Glazed ceramic, glazed kiln brick, kiln tray, steel on acrylic glass base
    69 × 25 × 23 inches

    Photo: Martin Brading

    © Arlene Shechet

  13. From Seeing Summer
    detail
    2012
    Glazed ceramic on solid hardwood base
    57 × 17 × 16 inches
    Collection of the RISD Museum

    Photo: Terry Brown

    © Arlene Shechet

  14. Blue Out
    2012
    Glazed ceramic on concrete base
    43 × 17 × 18 inches

    Photo: Jason Wyche

    © Arlene Shechet

  15. Breaking the Mold
    2012

    Installation view: Nature Morte, Berlin

    © Arlene Shechet

  16. Mold of the Mold #29694 Pushed
    2012
    Glazed Meissen porcelain
    11⅞ × 9⅞ × 9⅞ inches

    Photo: Jason Wyche

    © Arlene Shechet

  17. Sounds Like
    2013
    Glazed ceramic on glazed kiln bricks
    107 × 17½ × 17 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  18. Stories
    left
    2013
    Glazed ceramic and steel base
    71¾ × 20 × 18 inches

    Center: Particular and Specific or Something, 2013; Glazed ceramic, lacquered gold, and cement base; 55½ x 18 x 14 inches. Right: Naked, 2013; Glazed ceramic, lacquered gold on wood base; 65 x 13½ x 11¾ inches.
    Installation view: Slip, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  19. Naked
    detail
    2013
    Glazed ceramic, lacquered gold on wood base
    65 × 13½ × 11¾ inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  20. All Sound
    2013
    Glazed ceramic on painted steel base
    77 × 18 × 18 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  21. The Possibility of Ghosts
    2013
    Glazed ceramic on painted wood table
    52 × 78 × 47¾ inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  22. No Noise
    2013
    Glazed ceramic on painted wood base
    67¾ × 17 × 14 inches

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  23. Out and Out
    2013
    Glazed ceramic, glazed kiln bricks on wood base
    71½ × 27 × 16 inches
    Collection of the Princeton University Art Museum

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  24. Not to Mention
    foreground
    2013
    Glazed ceramic on painted plywood base
    70 × 32 × 15¾ inches

    Installation view: Slip, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York

    Photo: Alan Wiener

    © Arlene Shechet

  25. Meissen Recast
    2014

    Installation view: RISD Museum, Providence

    Photo: Erik Gould

    © Arlene Shechet

  26. The Idol
    2012
    Glazed Meissen porcelain, gold
    14½ × 8½ × 12 inches

    Photo: Erik Gould

    © Arlene Shechet

  27. Split Block
    2013
    Glazed Meissen porcelain, platinum
    8½ × 9 × 5 inches

    Photo: Prithi Gowda

    © Arlene Shechet

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