id:			169174
accession number:	2011.1
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.1
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:47.018000

Stairs, 2010. Monika Sosnowska (Polish, b. 1972). Steel, paint; overall: 294.6 x 165.1 x 88.9 cm (116 x 65 x 35 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Scott C. Mueller and Margaret Fulton Mueller and Sundry Art-Contemporary Fund 2011.1

title:				Stairs
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creation date:			2010
creation date earliest:		2010
creation date latest:		2010
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creditline:			Gift of Scott C. Mueller and Margaret Fulton Mueller and Sundry Art-Contemporary Fund
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culture:	Poland, 21st century
technique:	steel, paint
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Mixed Media
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CREATORS

* Monika Sosnowska (Polish, b. 1972)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 294.6 x 165.1 x 88.9 cm (116 x 65 x 35 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Artist; Hauser & Wirth, New York; The Cleveland Museum of Art
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fun fact:
Sosnowska says of her art, “In my works there’s no trace of the artist’s hand.”

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Sosnowska is interested in modernism's fascination with utopian ideals, examples of which in Eastern Europe are now in ruins. <em>Stairs</em>, made during the artist's first residency in the United States, is an exact copy of fire-escape stairs seen in New York City. The newly rendered stairs were carefully bent with the use of forklifts, then painted with enamel oil-based paint, providing it with both sculptural elegance and uncanniness. <em>Stairs</em> uses the language of architecture to explore and analyze the ways in which form and function can be used to express a range of ideals, locations, and histories.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 126
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