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Baby Blue

Baby Blue

Artist/Maker (American, b. 1952)
Date1990
MediumMixed media: stockings, acrylic stuffing, acrylic medium, shoes
DimensionsOverall: 51 1/2 × 11 × 5 1/2 in. (130.8 × 27.9 × 14 cm)
Credit LineRuth C. Roush Contemporary Art Fund
Object number1991.13
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Rona PondickMore Information
Rona Pondick’s sculptural works explore Freudian concepts of sexuality and gender. Many of her earlier sculptural works incorporate long “legs” made with stockings or tights and children’s shoes. According to Pondick, shoes are sexual symbols while the tubular legs have phallic connotations. The shoes and title of Baby Blue relate to Sigmund Freud’s theories on infantile sexuality, conflating innocence with sexual gratification.
Exhibition History
Modern Art: Notable Works from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 1992 - February 23, 1992 )
Focus on the Permanent Exhibition: Audrey Flack
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 20, 1993 - March 20, 1994 )
New Art 4: Rona Pondick
  • Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (April 6, 1995 - July 16, 1995 )
Making the Body in Contemporary Sculpture
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 10, 2004 - February 7, 2005 )
Body Proxy: Clothing in Contemporary Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 1, 2015 - December 13, 2015 )
Like a Good Armchair: Getting Uncomfortable with Modern and Contemporary Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 17, 2023 - July 16, 2023 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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