Morling, Katharine, Rummage and gather, 2016
- Title(s):
Rummage and gather.
- Published/Created:
- London, England, 2016.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sculpture : Earthstone, porcelain, black stain, and glass ; rucksack approximately 35 x 35 x 20 cm, with smaller pieces
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsOctavo Room Morling RummageYale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. KalkView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13375039
- Related Content:
- View catalog record for Katharine Morling's Nature boy
View catalog record for Katharine Morling's Butterfly cabinet - Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Rummage and Gather is connected by narrative to Morling's Nature Boy and Butterfly Cabinet: "My work is driven by my personal narrative and often pieces lead to other works. Nature Boy is all about teenage angst, really. He goes out with his rucksack [from Rummage and Gather] and collects bugs and nature. He is unsure of who he is in the world and starts collecting things to inform himself. He wants to pin down beauty, like in the old Victorian displays [like Butterfly Cabinet]. He wants to hold onto it but in the process he ends up killing it. Everything goes in the end ... Though Nature Boy is quite a small piece, I have made his rucksack life size so that I could look into it."--Information provided by the artist, 2017. See links herewith for descriptions of the two related works.
The porcelain pieces are fired without glaze. Details are drawn in black stain.
Produced in an edition of 10. Each of the 10 is unique, with variations in the selection of components.
Accompanied by a sheet bearing the artist's quick ink drawings of her Butterfly cabinet (or Freedom Box), Nature boy, and Rummage and gather, signed and dated (17/2/16).
Selected exhibitions: "A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions" (Yale Center for British Art, June 1, 2017 - August 13, 2017).
Restricted fragile material. Use requires permission of the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
The work includes a rucksack, with assorted tools for the collection and observation of natural specimens, modeled in life-size porcelain form. Components include a butterfly net, camera, notebook, wallet, labels, paint brushes, magnifying glasses, scissors, key, and five jars containing specimens of plants or insects. - Subject Terms:
- Adolescent psychology.Anxiety.Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.Natural history.Teenagers.Women in natural history.Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation.
- Form/Genre:
- Sculpture.
Ceramics.
Porcelain (material) - Export:
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A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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