{"product_id":"the-mundane-egg","title":"The Mundane Egg","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mundane Egg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1992\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBronze, edition of 6\u003cbr\u003eCast by Ken Cook\u003cbr\u003eSigned McDonald\u003cbr\u003e54 × 37 × 37 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mundane Egg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e developed from an image in the decorative border surrounding Masaccio’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpulsion from Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e frescoes in Florence. The form was transformed in the artist’s imagination into an egg about to hatch: an object carrying the possibility of new life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eMade during a period when themes of loss, birth and renewal were central to Stephanie McDonald’s sculpture, the work turns a symbolic image into a physical object. The egg sits above a vessel-like bronze form, its apparent fragility held against the weight and permanence of the bronze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe coloured patination is integral to the sculpture. Rather than treating bronze as a uniformly dark material, McDonald used colour as part of the modelling of the work, an approach characteristic of her sculpture of this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eWriting about \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mundane Egg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e in 1994, composer David Matthews connected the work directly with the artist’s search for a symbolic language through which ideas of death and rebirth could be given material form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue reference\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Matthews, essay on the sculpture of Stephanie McDonald, 1994.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition record\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdition I — recorded\u003cbr\u003eEdition VI — recorded\u003cbr\u003eEditions II–V — current locations to be established\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1994\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie McDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, Australia.\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue essay by composer David Matthews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrion Sculpture Park, Yass, New South Wales, Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisplayed as part of the permanent sculpture collection and during public open days. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mundane Egg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e is specifically listed among the bronzes at Orion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublications and catalogues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1994\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Matthews, catalogue essay accompanying Stephanie McDonald’s exhibition at Coventry Gallery, Sydney. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mundane Egg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e is discussed in relation to death, rebirth and the transformation of an image derived from Masaccio into the sculptural form of an egg.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVogue Living\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mundane Egg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e photographed in Stephanie McDonald’s studio in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlebe, Sydney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e, for a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e feature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIssue\/date, article title and photographer to be confirmed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephanie Fuller Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41326472462408,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/9312\/9577\/files\/IMG_6800.jpg?v=1787571015","url":"https:\/\/stephaniefullergallery.com\/products\/the-mundane-egg","provider":"Stephanie Fuller Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}