Impediment Sculpture Smithsonian Museum Figure Ceramic Glaze Clay Art Architectural by artist Dirk Staschke

Impediment

Ceramic, 40”x36”x36”, 2005

Collection of Smithsonian Museum, Renwick Gallery

WEB link https://americanart.si.edu/artist/dirk-staschke-28695

This was one of the last pieces in this body of work that continued from 1998-2005 consisting of about 23 works total. About half of which were made in a tiny two bedroom apartment in Queens New York.

The work was influenced by architectural ornament but unlike monuments to specific individuals, identity is obscured by ornament.