Where will the soft rains fall, Kirsten Taylor

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Kirsten Taylor, Where will the soft rains fall
Kirsten Taylor, Where will the soft rains fall
Kirsten Taylor
Where will the soft rains fall
2020
Kirsten Taylor, artist
Where will the soft rains fall, 2020
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: metal wire; clay
Credit line: Courtesy of the artist
Accession number: T2020.155
Not on display
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Backyard Bash: Conference of the Birds

Raw, unfired clay betrays an inner structure mimicking barbed wire, offering, as Taylor suggests, “a meditation on the lost habitat of grassland nesting birds and the way humans claim land for their own uses, unconcerned for the other life that also depends on the land.” The nest references the state bird of Kansas, the eastern meadowlark, and the red clay recalls the Dust Bowl and loss of fertile soil. As the clay dries, cracks, or dissolves after rain, the barbed wire emerges.

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Backyard Bash: Conference of the Birds
2020