Tango in Paris
Glass Sculpture
2012 (made)
2012 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Ms Lu Chi (born 1974), was trained in China and the USA, specializing in ceramic and glass design. She has exhibited widely since 1999. Openwork is her hallmark. She was inspired to create this sculpture after seeing the Eiffel Tower in spring.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Tango in Paris (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Glass cast by the lost-wax method |
| Brief description | Cer, China, 21st century, glass. Tango in Paris, green glass. |
| Physical description | Glass of openwork, object consisting entirely of curved lines. It evokes the image of a young woman dancing under the Eiffel Tower. |
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| Object history | Peter York, writer, broadcaster and management consultant, wrote in V&A Magazine Summer 2013: This is a contemporary (2012) Chinese take on a dancing Eiffel Tower by Lu Chi. It's very catchy with its dynamic shape and green glass. Is it a sculpture - which is how the V&A describes it - or a large chimneypiece ornament? The designer, not yet 40, will have seen a lot of cartoons and computer-generated games and films, and that aesthetic is somewhere in there in the anthropomorphic suggestion of movement. I'd love it on my shelves. |
| Summary | Ms Lu Chi (born 1974), was trained in China and the USA, specializing in ceramic and glass design. She has exhibited widely since 1999. Openwork is her hallmark. She was inspired to create this sculpture after seeing the Eiffel Tower in spring. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.68-2012 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2012 |
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