tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post8256941016595084936..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Monday Morning, Back at Home, Remembering Paris. . . materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-35009628614943836782018-01-17T08:13:20.528-08:002018-01-17T08:13:20.528-08:00Yes, that moody, smoky tea would match the power o...Yes, that moody, smoky tea would match the power of the wrought-iron's intricate pattern. . . materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-60701656714047064492018-01-17T08:09:05.047-08:002018-01-17T08:09:05.047-08:00It wouldn't be, for me, in a kitchen teapot , ...It wouldn't be, for me, in a kitchen teapot , but it works here!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-33055606136982965022018-01-17T08:08:16.538-08:002018-01-17T08:08:16.538-08:00Exactly.Exactly.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-78115143845527903782018-01-17T08:07:07.290-08:002018-01-17T08:07:07.290-08:00me too! ;-)me too! ;-)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-70489618259420860142018-01-17T08:06:39.495-08:002018-01-17T08:06:39.495-08:00Glad (not surprised) you agree, Tiffany -- never t...Glad (not surprised) you agree, Tiffany -- never too much! materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-28100274643875743112018-01-17T08:06:03.384-08:002018-01-17T08:06:03.384-08:00Exactly -- and a cage is definitely suggested -- h...Exactly -- and a cage is definitely suggested -- hard to see the door that opens on one side (see my comment to Duchesse, above), but it's there, and it does invite a walk-in. . . . eerily. . . So much of the exhibition spoke to the notion of the domestic as confinement (riffs on The Doll's House, then full-on 60s-70s feminism) but there was also some celebration of the domestic arts AS subversive. This piece really pulled it altogether -- and although I get the political work that conceptual art did for feminism, I can't help but prefer that which offers a big aesthetic reward along with. . . as this does. (remembering our visit to Gathie Falk's show years ago at VAGmaterfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-15424013089270344822018-01-17T07:56:22.666-08:002018-01-17T07:56:22.666-08:00It's true, the piece invites so much interpret...It's true, the piece invites so much interpretation -- wonderfully evocative.<br />And ah, it is very good to be home!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-15480982352979246312018-01-17T07:54:43.123-08:002018-01-17T07:54:43.123-08:00That does look like a chain, but if you look at th...That does look like a chain, but if you look at the photo below, you can see that it's actually a 'door" opened downward, resting on the ground. See "Belle's comment re the cage (so your political statement resonates)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-79625212906354900362018-01-17T07:51:29.787-08:002018-01-17T07:51:29.787-08:00Yes, such an intricate pattern for a wrought iron ...Yes, such an intricate pattern for a wrought iron piece, isn't it?!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-88375968198390079652018-01-16T20:52:47.999-08:002018-01-16T20:52:47.999-08:00Now that's my kind of teapot! If only it coul...Now that's my kind of teapot! If only it could hold lapsang souchong tea... :-)Pearl Kjarsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629729212118014724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-79569462442903634752018-01-16T19:19:12.146-08:002018-01-16T19:19:12.146-08:00Useless, but oh, so pretty and shapely. Perhaps th...Useless, but oh, so pretty and shapely. Perhaps that's enough?Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-6980180676037778502018-01-15T16:50:07.042-08:002018-01-15T16:50:07.042-08:00How beautiful. Very delicate and yet incredible st...How beautiful. Very delicate and yet incredible strong.<br />Ali<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-91467588138378224102018-01-15T15:05:46.868-08:002018-01-15T15:05:46.868-08:00Beautiful! I love the teapot!Beautiful! I love the teapot!Madame Là-bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703782237948233124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-85242816551377903632018-01-15T13:35:21.422-08:002018-01-15T13:35:21.422-08:00I just love that teapot - thank you for all the ph...I just love that teapot - thank you for all the photos of it! Never too much art ...Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536212906241844509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-14555086264032266572018-01-15T12:21:17.115-08:002018-01-15T12:21:17.115-08:00Wow! Tension between that laciness of detail, the ...Wow! Tension between that laciness of detail, the comfort of tea and the cage scale of the whole is unnerving. bellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-20845778681179811932018-01-15T11:23:31.588-08:002018-01-15T11:23:31.588-08:00Wonderful sculpture,so many significations
Lacy-li...Wonderful sculpture,so many significations<br />Lacy-like wrought-iron,traditional craft in modern art,masculine-feminine.....charming!<br />There's no place like home,no?<br />DottoressaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-62551904258965916632018-01-15T11:03:28.185-08:002018-01-15T11:03:28.185-08:00Oh, that is so delightful. The chain irritated me ...Oh, that is so delightful. The chain irritated me (and I realize it has to be there), but then, maybe it can be a political statement about teapots being tethered to women- ?Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-1097350956577627482018-01-15T10:06:58.403-08:002018-01-15T10:06:58.403-08:00What a wonderful sculpture...the wire is so intric...What a wonderful sculpture...the wire is so intricate it must have taken a long time to create this whimsical teapot. Hope you have a lovely lunch and I look forward to reading your next post...hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.com