Behind the Scenes with Arlene Shechet
Exhibitions & Events
Check out these behind-the-scenes photos of Arlene Shechet installing her Intersections project, From Here On Now.
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Arlene Shechet with her installation Once Removed (1998). These works are mde from abacá paper and Hydrocal. Photos: Rhiannon Newman
Shechet is a New York-based sculptor known for glazed ceramic sculptures that are off-kilter yet hang in a balance between stable and unstable, teetering between the restraint of intellect and the insistence of instinct.
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Shechet in the staircaise of the original Phillips house with Deputy Director for Curatorial and Academic Affairs Klaus Ottmann. Photo: Rhiannon Newman
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Deciding on positioning for Shechet's Best Behavior (2014). Photo: Rhiannon Newman
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Shechet and Ottmann with the artist's Best Behavior (2014). Photo: Rhiannon Newman
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In an adjacent gallery to the one pictured above, portraits from the museum's permanent collection are hung salon style. Photo: Rhiannon Newman
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In addition to her works on view in the second floor of the original Phillips house, Shechet's ceramics are on view in a first floor gallery of the more recent addition. Shechet and Ottmann are pictured here with For the Forest (2016). Photo: Rhiannon Newman
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Arlene Shechet installing Once Removed (1998). Photo: Rhiannon Newman