Coffeepot and tray
Bonnie Seeman
2003 · Porcelain · Modern and Contemporary Art
Evoking the naturalistic forms of mid-eighteenth-century British ceramics, Seeman's coffeepot appears nostalgic and perhaps even retrograde. Yet upon closer examination, forms that look like rhubarb and cabbage leaves actually represent human tissue. When the top is removed, the underside reveals white pulp and seeds reminiscent of pomegranate that can also be read as bone and red corpuscles—familiar forms that attract then repulse.
- Artist
- Bonnie Seeman
- Date
- 2003
- Medium
- Porcelain
- Department
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Credit line
- Funds from various donors, 2005
