Fred Wilson’s latest sculpture “Drip Drop Plop” is a large multi-part black glass sculpture in the form of drops, puddles and droplets, some of which have white eye-like spots. The piece represents a stylistic departure for Wilson whose work generally utilizes displays, tableaus and artifacts to represent cultural, social and racial manipulations. “Drip Drop Plop” exploits the intrinsic visual qualities of the blown glass while acknowledging the superficial seductiveness of these qualities. For the artist, the image is simultaneously familiar and mysterious, historic and contemporary, sad and playful. Wilson is interested in exploring how objects communicate values and attitudes. The sculpture is the result of a residency at Philchuk Glass School and was fabricated by the renowned glass craftsman Dante Marioni. Fred Wilson lives and works in New York. “Fred Wilson: Objects and Installations, 1979-2000,” the artist’s first retrospective, recently opened at the Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Baltimore.
The glass formed drips which could be interpreted as tar, tears, or ink. He added eyes to some of the drips playing on the notion of cartoon stereotypes.
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