Winter Solstice
Greetings Card
2000 (made)
2000 (made)
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A recent phenomenon has seen artists and craftspeople from various disciplines experimenting with the greetings card medium as an extension of their main practice. This challenges the conventionally understood parameters of the greetings card format – raising the question ’what is a card?’ This perspex, resin and glass card conjures the fairytale associations of ice, danger or imprisonment, recalling Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen or the adventures of the Snow Maiden.
The hardness and permanence of the materials contrasts with the fleeting nature of the inscribed content: one breathes on the mirror and traces a greeting in the condensation with a finger. This subverts the usual expectations of a greetings card where something made of ephemeral materials is meant to convey an enduring message.
The hardness and permanence of the materials contrasts with the fleeting nature of the inscribed content: one breathes on the mirror and traces a greeting in the condensation with a finger. This subverts the usual expectations of a greetings card where something made of ephemeral materials is meant to convey an enduring message.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Winter Solstice (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Moulded resin, sheet glass, perspex and mirrored glass |
| Brief description | 'Winter Solstice', greetings card by Judy Skidmore, Britain (London), 2000 |
| Physical description | Greetings card, pyramidal structure of resin, frosted and mirrored glass. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Production | Reason For Production: Exhibition |
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| Summary | A recent phenomenon has seen artists and craftspeople from various disciplines experimenting with the greetings card medium as an extension of their main practice. This challenges the conventionally understood parameters of the greetings card format – raising the question ’what is a card?’ This perspex, resin and glass card conjures the fairytale associations of ice, danger or imprisonment, recalling Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen or the adventures of the Snow Maiden. The hardness and permanence of the materials contrasts with the fleeting nature of the inscribed content: one breathes on the mirror and traces a greeting in the condensation with a finger. This subverts the usual expectations of a greetings card where something made of ephemeral materials is meant to convey an enduring message. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.915-2000 |
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| Record created | April 22, 2004 |
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