Panchina Di Vetro (Bench of Glass)

Panchina Di Vetro (Bench of Glass)
Silvia Levenson
2002
Materials
Glass, metal, and AstroTurf
Size
20 x 47 3/16 x 10 1/8 inches
Racine Art Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
About the artwork.
Silvia Levenson left Argentina in her early twenties amidst political unrest and family tragedy. While Levenson’s work can sometimes consider the domestic, daily life, childhood, social expectations, and fashion, it is rooted in her personal experiences and the universality of the human condition. She feels compelled to push past the beauty of glass, stating about works like this, “I use glass to preserve the memory of people and objects…”