{"product_id":"after-chardin","title":"After Chardin","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter Chardin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e, 1993\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBronze, edition of VI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e27 × 33 × 33 cm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eInspired by the still-life paintings of Jean-Siméon Chardin in the Louvre, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Chardin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e transforms the painted tabletop into a three-dimensional sculptural arrangement. Bread, cured ham, a bottle, drinking vessel and knife are brought together on a patterned circular table, retaining the intimacy of Chardin’s domestic still lifes while giving the objects an independent physical presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eWriting about the sculpture in 1994, David Matthews noted the work’s “disquieting realism”, particularly the knife poised between the bread and the plate of ham, whose implied downward movement disturbs the stillness of the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eThe patterned tabletop introduces a more personal history. Its geometric design derives from a traditional pattern associated with Fuller’s family, originally rendered in red, black and white. The sculpture consequently brings two forms of inheritance together: the European tradition of still-life painting and Fuller’s own family memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReferences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eDavid Matthews, catalogue essay, Coventry Gallery exhibition catalogue, 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eJean-Siméon Chardin, still-life paintings, Musée du Louvre, Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephanie Fuller Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41269262549064,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/9312\/9577\/files\/SBAfterChardin.jpg?v=1786102508","url":"https:\/\/stephaniefullergallery.com\/products\/after-chardin","provider":"Stephanie Fuller Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}