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Good Housekeeping Toaster

Artist Susan Taylor Glasgow (American, b. 1958)

CultureAmerican

Date2005

MediumCast glass with mixed media

DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 x 16 x 5 1/2 in. (29.2 x 40.6 x 14 cm)

InscribedSignature painted in enamel on the side: "SUSAN TAYLOR GLASGOW' 05."

Credit LineMuseum purchase in memory of Eva Wainger by her friends and family

Object number2005.25

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 64

Label TextSusan Taylor Glasgow American, b. 1958 Good Housekeeping Toaster, 2005 Cast glass with mixed media Museum purchase, in memory of Eva Wainger by her friends and family 2005.25 Once a seamstress, Susan Taylor Glasgow now applies her needle and thread to glass, creating witty sculptures that examine the American cult of domesticity. Her familiar objects-teapots, coffee cups, toasters, cakes, and corsets-are emblazoned with imagery and text from 1950s advertisements. She embraces the familiar images of femininity and domesticity in spirit, but only to question the stereotypes they reinforce. Taylor Glasgow's work is really about her mother and the mixed messages she delivered to the artist as a girl: "You can do anything, but learn to type first. Boys only want one thing, but don't say what it is. Do it right, or don't do it at all. Fall in love, but have something to fall back on." These conflicting messages led to a personal exploration of domestic expectations and the traditional roles of men and women, with the artist proclaiming her own "misguided domestic talents" through her art. She "cooks, arranges, and sews" glass, leaving the real housekeeping to someone else. ProvenanceHeller Gallery, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Museum purchase in memory of Eva Wainger by her friend and family, 2005 Exhibition HistoryHeller Gallery at SOFA, Chicago, October 28 - 30, 2005. "Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010.