Artichoke

Linda Lighton, artist

born 1948

Artichoke, 2001

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: glaze; lusterware; clay

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 35.5 x 40.6 x 62.2 cm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 14 x 16 x 24 1/2 in

Credit line: Gift of Virginia Jennings Nadeau and Richard Pierre Nadeau

Accession number: 2003.0073

Not on display

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Kansas City artist Linda Lighton’s early work like this artichoke drew inspiration from organic shapes and forms found in the natural world. In recent years, she has begun incorporating objects such as guns and lipstick into her compositions. Her artist statement explains:

“My work has mostly been based in organic forms from nature. Lately however a Mother's worries about the world has subsumed my reverence and glorifying of the natural world. I wonder at the glorification of violence and the elements that inflict them. Thus, flowers, pods, and crystals have grown guns, gas pumps, bullets, and lipsticks as the proliferation of war implements flower in our American lifestyle.”