Sleep
Artist
Christina Bothwell
(American, born 1960)
Date2008
MediumCast glass and Raku clay
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 24 × 9 in. (35.6 × 61 × 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2020
Object number2020.19.3
Combing kiln-cast glass with raku-fired clay in her figurative sculpture, Christina Bothwell often explores narrative themes about birth, death and spiritual renewal. In Sleep, the soul of a woman, represented in translucent glass, rises from her sleeping form, with the head and feet made of raku-fired clay. Exploring the mysteries of the body and soul, this work is part of a series inspired by Bothwell’s intense experience of sleep deprivation while pregnant, in which she recalls having the sensation of lifting up out of her physical body and mind and flying while her body would fall asleep.
On View
On viewLocation
- Searing Wing, Gallery G, floor
