Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
AS I AM NOW ONE DAY WILL YE BE I
Maker(s)
Ceramicist:
Wine, Jesse
Categories
Description
Hi-fire stoneware, sculpted and fired to cone 3 with rust-like finish from oxidised iron filings.
Distorted leg form without knee or ankle, the calf protruding and standing on flattened foot which has four over-sized toes, each with a slightly raised toenail. The underside of the foot is formed. The top of the leg is flat. The surface is rough, in varying brown and red-brown hues, which emphasise the contours of the leg.
Notes
History note: Purchased from Mary Mary Gallery, Glasgow, with the Dr John Shakeshaft Fund
Legal notes
Bought with the Dr John Shakeshaft Fund
Measurements and weight
Depth: 25 cm
Height: 56 cm
Width: 13 cm
Place(s) associated
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New York
⪼ New York
⪼ USA
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(2017-04-24)
by
Wine, Jesse
Dating
21st Century, Early
Production date:
AD 2016
Note
Jesse Wine, born in Chester in 1983, studied at Camberwell College of Arts and the Royal College of Art and now lives and works in New York. In 2016, he was commissioned by Kettle’s Yard to produce ‘Sludgy Portrait of Himself’, an audio tour bringing together objects from the Museum of Cambridge, modern artworks from the Kettle’s Yard collection and his own sculptures. The tour examined the relationship between art, craft, storytelling and entertainment, inspired by the story of local folklore character Joseph Hempstall who, lost on Wicken Fen, was said to haunt the area warning ‘As I am now, so one day will ye be’. This piece, one of three produced specially for the exhibition, responds also to a giant’s boot in the Museum collection. In the artist’s own words, it ‘explains the whole show in one object, there’s movement, giant-ness, dismembered-ness and a lot of life’ in the sculpture.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
oxydised iron filings
Materials used in production
Stoneware
Techniques used in production
Modelling
: Stoneware, sculpted and fired, finished with oxidised iron filings.
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.12-2017
Primary reference Number: 216123
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Thursday 8 June 2017
Updated: Monday 18 December 2023
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
