id:			86500
accession number:	2015.145
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.145
updated:		2023-03-03 07:00:57.558000

Plywood Sunset Leaning (Fragment Series)	, 2015. Sarah Sze (American, b. 1969). Acrylic paint, wood, archival prints, ladder, mirror, paper cups, stone, lamp, tools, pen, tape, paint brush, newspaper; overall: 350.5 x 292.1 x 190.5 cm (138 x 115 x 75 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund 2015.145 © Sarah Sze

title:				Plywood Sunset Leaning (Fragment Series)	
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creation date:			2015
creation date earliest:		2015
creation date latest:		2015
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creditline:			Gift of Agnes Gund
copyright:			© Sarah Sze

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culture:	America, 21st century
technique:	Acrylic paint, wood, archival prints, ladder, mirror, paper cups, stone, lamp, tools, pen, tape, paint brush, newspaper
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Installation Media
type:		Miscellaneous
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CREATORS

* Sarah Sze (American, b. 1969)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 350.5 x 292.1 x 190.5 cm (138 x 115 x 75 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015-
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fun fact:
Sze was originally trained as a painter and her study of that medium informs her sculpture—here, paint is a sculptural element.

digital description:
This installation comprises supplies, tools, and debris from Sze’s home and studio. These ordinary materials challenge the perceived barrier between art and the everyday that we inhabit. The industrial ladder at the center of the sculptural composition is scaled to the viewer’s body, issuing a playful (though not literal) invitation to climb into the work of art. Similarly accessible, the recurring photographs of sunsets could be taken by anyone at any time in any place.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Edelstein, Beth. “Installing a Unique Sculpture: The installation of Sarah Sze's <em>Plywood Sunset Learning</em> as seen in <em>Stories from Storage </em>followed a 101-page manual.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 10-11.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 10. 11; Mentioned: P. 11.
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	Liebert, Emily. “A Painting Is a Sculpture.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 23.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 23.
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