Mining the Museum: Places of Rest - Angela, Sarah, Maisey

Inspired by Fred Wilson

Price of Cheng Ching’s Sarcophagus, the Cartonnage of Lady Tashat, Wenzel Friendrich’s Platform rocking chair, and Roy de Scheemaker’s Pallon chair (along with other forms of burial, chairs, benches, stools and beds) come together in the Places of Rest instillation. With these pieces we have created a morbidly, humorous piece.  We have taken different artistic forms of burial from around the world, different time periods and cultures for this exhibit. Viewers will walk under a metal welded arch stating the title of the instillation, “Places of Rest,” into a room filled with different examples of final resting places. The ironic humor will set in when the viewer notices the chairs and benches scattered about the room indicating a temporary resting place.

 

Sarcophagus of Price of Cheng Ching (Yuan Mi)/Limestone/China, Northern Wei dynasty/Minnesota Institute of Art

Cartonnage of Lady Tashat/painted and varnished linen; polychromed pine coffin/Egypt/1085-710 B.C.E./Minnesota Institute of Art

Platform Rocking Chair/Wenzel Friendrich/Horn, ivory, and glass with ocelot upholstery/1880-90/Minnesota Institute of Art

Pallone Chair/Roy de Scheemaker/Leather, chrome, plastic/1989/Minnesota Institute of Art