New York-Based Artist Rona Pondick's Works Added to Museum Collections

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Muskrat (2002-05) is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago,  Chicago, Illinois

Milkman (1989) and Sourballs  (1995) are in the collection of the Mc Nay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

Red Platter (21) (1994) and Mouth #66 are in the collection of the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

New York artist Rona Pondick's sculptures “Head in Tree“ at Nasher Sculpture Center, USA.

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"If you can't defeat the nature, why not join them?"— Rona Pondick

New York artist Rona Pondick's sculptures “Head in Tree” is now exhibiting in the "Nasher Mixtape" group show, in Nasher Sculpture Center, USA.

In late 90s', Rona started to make mold from her own head and combine it with stylized animal and tree bodies that she hand modeled. These hybrid animal/human forms go back to Neolithic times and appear through every period in art history and all kinds of myths.

"Head in Tree" was the first tree/human piece where Rona's head was life-size. The master of materials talked to, Catherine Craft the Nasher Sculpture Center Curator, about this work and said: "In my tree human pieces, the matte and rough surfaces of the bark make a contrast with my smooth, shiny head. Playing on the concept of narcissism, the mirrored surfaces draw viewers into looking at themselves. I like the way these contrasting, contradictory surfaces come together and make metaphoric meanings."

Rona Pondick’s work, Head in Tree, is Exhibited in Nasher Sculpture Center

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Head in Tree, 2006-2008, Stainless Steel, 266.7 x 106.7 x 94 cm｜105 x 42 x 37 inches, Antonio Homem, Antonio Homem, Promised gift to the Nasher Sculpture Center

Exhibition

Rona Pondick was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1952. Since 1984 she has had many solo exhibitions of her work in museums and galleries internationally. Her sculptures have been included in over 200 group exhibitions. Her work is in the collections of many institutions worldwide including the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York); Centre Pompidou (Paris) and others. One of her work, Head in Tree in 2006-2008, is exhibited by the Nasher Sculpture Center,  US recently. The Nasher Sculpture Center located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District, and is one of the finest collections of modern and contemporary sculptures in the world where featuring more than 300 masterpieces by Calder, de Kooning, di Suvero, Giacometti, Hepworth, Kelly, Matisse, Miró, Moore, Picasso, Rodin, Serra and more.