KATCHADOURIAN, Nina

2007

Mixed media

4 1/8 x 4 x 2 1/4" BOX WITH SHAKERS

Beginning in 1988, the Norton Family sent a limited edition Christmas gift to a wide list of friends in the art community including art institutions. Commissioned by an artist, the gift encompassed a variety of multi-media artworks including a porcelain ashtray, a printed fan, a woven blanket, a lifesaver, a dollhouse and a crazy coffee cup all of which later became a part of the Norton Family Art Projets. Housing a salt (a) and pepper (b) shaker, enclosed in a polka dot printed box (c), Katchadourian's objects represent the artist's ability to merge common place items within a different construct; the tiny spectacles of the salt shaker become a snow dome while the pepper becomes a repesentation of pollution, debris and ashes when turned upside. Both are housed in a carboard box decorated in polka dots.

2007

KATCHADOURIAN, Nina

b. United States, 1968

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