Tears of Ochun
Artist
Brandon Ballengée
(American, born 1974)
CultureAmerican
Date2012
MediumGlass, water, shrimp
Dimensions1 3/4 × 1/2 in. (4.4 × 1.3 cm)
Portfolioedition 271 of 500; From Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Holiday Gifts
Credit LineGifts of Lynn Gumpert in memory of Amy L. Brandt (1978-2015), the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art from 2011 to 2015
Object number2016.27.3
Not on view
DescriptionA shrimp suspended in water inside a glass vial. Each of the Tears of Ochun consists of a cleaned and stained Grass Shrimp (Palaemonetes) collected in the Gulf of Mexico in fall 2012. The specimens were examined as part of a study, then mounted as “biological sculptures”.ProvenanceThe work was a 2012 gift of Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, who commissioned it from the artist. The work was a gift to the donor, Lynn Gumpert, from Ronald Felman Fine Arts. Lynn Gumpert donated the work to the Chrysler Museum of Art in September 2016.
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