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| Hannah Wilke: painted, glazed ceramic, 1969 |
"My folded clay pieces are like little
pieces of nature, a new species. They exist the way sea shells exist...." Hannah Wilke
Hannah Wilke first made her signature vaginal ceramic sculptures in
the early 1960's, and throughout her life she created terra cotta, porcelain, and painted and glazed ceramic sculpture.
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| Hannah Wilke: Yellow Rose of Texas, 1960's |
In the mid 1970's, Hannah Wilke began to experiment with latex, creating individual pieces, such as "Melancholy
Mama" and "Pink Champagne," and installations of multiple "blossoms," as in the "Ponder-r-rosa Series."
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| Hannah Wilke: Melancholy Mama, 1975. Private Collection. |
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| Hannah Wilke: Pink Champagne, 1975 |
In the 1970's, Wilke created work with multiple ceramics on boards, such
as "Sweet Sixteen," and "Elective Affinities." She made "Model for a Room Sculpture" for an exhibition of artist- designed
gallery rooms.
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| Hannah Wilke: Sweet Sixteen, 1978 |
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| Hannah Wilke: Model for a Room Sculpture, 1979 |
Wilke's interest in self-portraiture in photography and drawing,
was continued in sculpture in the 1980's in a series of sculptures in painted plaster and in chocolate titled "Venus
Pareve."
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| Hannah Wilke: Venus Pareve,1982-84. Jewish Museum, NY. |
In the 1980's, Wilke made "Generation Process" series, painted ceramics on small painted
boards, and large floor ceramics on boards called "Of Relativity" for the exhibition "Support, Foundation,
Comfort" in honor of her mother, Selma Butter.
In 1985-86, Wilke created "Hannah Manna," a group of 77 sculptures painted in primary
colors that were exhibited in a grass landscape in 1987 and at the Neuberger Museum in 2008.
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| Hannah Wilke: Hannah Manna, 1985-86 (photo Jim Frank) |
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| Hannah Wilke: Terra Cotta, 1960's |
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| Hannah Wilke: Scharlatt Rousse, 1960's |
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| Hannah Wilke: Foraminifer, 1960s's |
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| Hannah Wilke:San Antonio Rose,1966 Private Collection. |
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| Hannah Wilke and Ponder-r-rosa 4,White Plains Yellow Rocks, 1975. Museum of Modern Art, NY. |
In 1979, Wilke was Artist in Residence at Ohio University where
she made her signature sculptures and maquettes for outdoor sculpture in bronze.
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| Hannah Wilke: gold patina bronze, 1979. |
In 1985, Wilke created a model for an outdoor sculpture to replace Richard Serra's
"Tilted Arc," which had been removed from Federal Plaza at Foley Square in New York City.
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| Hannah Wilke: Model for Large Scale Sculpture at Federal Plaza,1985 |
She also created the unique work, "Venus Parve:Monument to Replace
the Statue of Liberty," for the invitational exhibition, "New Liberties."
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| Hannah Wilke: Venus Pareve: Monument to Replace the Statue of Liberty, 1982-84 |
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| Hannah Wilke: Generation Process Series # 6, 1984 |
The floor work "Blue Skies," created as a gesture of hope before Wilke's
death, was exhibited posthumously in Hannah Wilke Intra Venus, 1994, in a European retrospective, 1999, and at the Neuberger
Museum, 2008.
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| Hannah Wilke: Blue Skies, 1991 |
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