Hollow Semolina

Hollow Semolina

2007
Artist
Jude Tallichet, American, 1954
Born: Louisville, KY
Work Locations: Queens, NY
Country
United States
Object
sculpture
Medium
Cast bronze
Accession Number
2015.651
Credit Line
Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum
Jude Tallichet (American). Hollow Semolina. 2007. Cast bronze. Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum. 2015.651.
Dimensions
height: 2 1/2 in, 6.3500 cm; width: 22 in, 55.8800 cm; depth: 3 3/4 in, 9.5250 cm
Edition
Edition 2/3
Inscription
Tallichet 2/3 is scratched in, bottom edge at center
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art

“Hollow Semolina” was originally created and displayed as part of “Save It For Me,” a 2007 installation which explores the tropes and iconography of preserved objects, referring to uninhibited self-indulgence, feasting, and stockpiling. Bronze cakes, muffins, loaves of bread, and wine bottles become symbols of value and monuments to excess. Simultaneously, the installation functions as memento mori, reminding viewers of their impermanence. “Save It For Me” was first installed at the Sara Meltzer Gallery in New York.

Tallichet earned an MFA in Sculpture in 1983 at the University of Montana in Missoula, and she currently lives and works in Brooklyn. 

© Jude Tallichet