Artists + Work

Sandleballs
2011
Curtis Singmaster
bowling balls and sandal straps

Artists + Work

Mar Caribe

(Caribbean Sea)

1996

Tony Capellan

salvaged rubber sandals and barbed wire

RISD Museum of Art

Everyday Things: Contemporary Works from the Collection

Now through February 24, 2013

RISD Kidsinfo ARTplay: Use everyday objects in unexpected ways

The Peabody Essex Museum's archived exhibition 

Island Thresholds, Contemporary Art from the Caribbean

brought together four internationally-known artists from the Caribbean:

David Boxer (Jamaica), Tony Capellán (Dominican Republic),

Kcho (Cuba), and Marc Latamie (Martinique/USA).

Artists + Work

Duets on Ice
1972
Laurie Anderson

This piece was performed in the
sweltering heat of summer in Genoa,
Italy. Anderson wore ice skates imbedded
in blocks of ice. The piece ended when
the ice melted. Also this year (1972),
Anderson obtained an MFA in Sculpture
from Columbia University.