Commentator Curt Clonts reviews a new acquisition at the Wichita Art Museum that left him deeply affected.
Vanessa German's 'The Beast, or Self-Portrait' is deeply affecting
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Vanessa German (Born 1976), "THE BEAST, or Self Portrait", 2022. love, wood, fire, plaster, wood glue, glass beaded, bead trims, hand blown glass nipples, old coke bottles, hand blown glass egg/tear shapes, hope, hair grease, rage, sorrow, bitterness, obsessive thoughts, two wooden Children's chairs, rage, ptsd, tears, black so-flat paint, tar, white and pink so-flat, wire, cloth, Astro turf, anxiety, two miracles, everyday there is grace, love. Wichita Art Museum, Museum purchase, F. Price Cossman Memorial Trust
Curt Clonts / Wichita Art Museum
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Vanessa German (Born 1976), "THE BEAST, or Self Portrait", 2022. love, wood, fire, plaster, wood glue, glass beaded, bead trims, hand blown glass nipples, old coke bottles, hand blown glass egg/tear shapes, hope, hair grease, rage, sorrow, bitterness, obsessive thoughts, two wooden Children's chairs, rage, ptsd, tears, black so-flat paint, tar, white and pink so-flat, wire, cloth, Astro turf, anxiety, two miracles, everyday there is grace, love. Wichita Art Museum, Museum purchase, F. Price Cossman Memorial Trust
Curt Clonts / Wichita Art Museum