Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
Property Created for Inaugural Art as Jewelry as Art Auction
Kathleen Vance
Travelling Landscape, Red Reptile
Lot Closed
October 6, 05:10 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property Created for Inaugural Art as Jewelry as Art Auction
Kathleen Vance
b. 1977
Travelling Landscape, Red Reptile
2022, signed
1940s vintage red leather box purse, faux foliage, resin, paint, soil, dimmable LED light with button switch and cord with memory setting (energy-efficient and up to 50,000 hours of light)
11 by 10 by 9 in.; 27.9 by 25.4 by 22.8 cm.
Created by the artist expressly for the Sotheby’s inaugural 'Art as Jewelry as Art' Auction, 2022
Kathleen Vance's (b. 1977) Traveling Landscape, Red Reptile is a bucolic landscape nestled inside of a vintage red leather reptile-skin box purse. The illuminated interior takes the form of a magical, miniature scene featuring a lush riverbed and stream, all completely self-contained.
Known for environmental sculptures, Vance transforms travel accessories through the creation of miniature sculpted landscapes with water scenes. The design and look of each case determines the scenery that will be created, activating a longing and desire for that which is most precious.
In considering adornment and the use of accessories to denote luxury travel, Vance has created a magical natural environment contained within a vintage purse. The lushness of the verdant foliage is accentuated by the rich red of the exterior. This piece
is self-illuminated, attracting the gaze to the miniature hillside with a stream — a perfect platform upon which to imagine one’s most precious items displayed.