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Amber Cowan, The Dreams of a Descendant of Sirenuse, 2021

Amber Cowan

The Dreams of a Descendant of Sirenuse, 2021
Glass and Mixed Media
35"x53x11 in
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Commission for The Brunnier Art Museum. This large scale diptych features a large nude masthead compote made in the late 1930’s by The Cambridge Glass Factory in the color “Crown...
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Commission for The Brunnier Art Museum. This large scale diptych features a large nude masthead compote made in the late 1930’s by The Cambridge Glass Factory in the color “Crown Tuscan”. I believe it is one of the most unique pieces of pressed glass ever created due to its technical complexity as well as it’s subject matter for the time period.  The story I’ve researched is that there was a circus in the town where the factory was located for a month long stay. The townspeople were infatuated with the German trapeze artist and nicknamed the compote the “Flying Lady Vase” in her honor”.  They would hide the vase in their basement whenever the priest or family came to visit because of the risqué nature of the nude figurine.
In the composition I position the Flying Lady in rough sea. She is being called home by her long lost sister sirens singing and calling to her from the Sirenuse Coast.
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