Reflections on an Exterior Still Life
Object NamePainting
Artist / Maker
Bruce E. Smith
(American, b. 1943)
Date1990
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions50 1/4 x 50 1/8 in. (127.6 x 127.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIowa Art in State Buildings Project for Beardshear Hall. Gift of the Class of 1976. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU90.103
Status
On viewLabel TextThis near empty room serves as a place of solitude, self reflection and contemplation of one's own private rooms filled with personal thoughts and musings. The table, chair and flowers signify the public aspects of self and the physical landscapes we occupy. The mirror in the center of the canvas reflects the black space of nothingness back into the viewer's space-begging the question, where is the viewer?
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Beardshear Hall, Office of the Vice President for Research
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