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The Haas Brothers — Six, Lies & Videotape
The Haas Brothers

Six, Lies & Videotape

2020

This sculptural vessel combines hand thrown porcelain with metallic embellishment to create an anthropomorphic form that hovers between functional object and imaginative creature. Six elongated tube like protrusions rise from a bulbous base, their tapered tops suggesting both organic appendages and candleholder spouts, while the lower body features densely accreted porcelain ridges that evoke scales, feathers, or layered textile. The work is finished in warm gold luster that catches light across its undulating surface, creating visual movement and depth. The piece exemplifies the Haas Brothers' signature approach of marrying meticulous craft with playful, somewhat surreal forms that challenge conventional distinctions between vessel, sculpture, and functional object.

Medium
Hand thrown and accreted porcelain, gold luster, brass
Dimensions
Location
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY

Notes

Shown in Marianne Boesky Gallery's "Haas Brothers" online viewing room. Signed and dated engraved in brass (underside): HAAS BROTHERS 2020. On Loan: Uncanny Valley Museum Tour 2025 to 2028. Inventory (HBR.19125). Inquiries: info@boeskygallery.com.

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The Haas Brothers, Six, Lies & Videotape, 2020

This sculptural vessel combines hand thrown porcelain with metallic embellishment to create an anthropomorphic form that hovers between functional object and imaginative creature. Six elongated tube like protrusions rise from a bulbous base, their tapered tops suggesting both organic appendages and candleholder spouts, while the lower body features densely accreted porcelain ridges that evoke scales, feathers, or layered textile. The work is finished in warm gold luster that catches light across its undulating surface, creating visual movement and depth. The piece exemplifies the Haas Brothers' signature approach of marrying meticulous craft with playful, somewhat surreal forms that challenge conventional distinctions between vessel, sculpture, and functional object.

Medium
Hand thrown and accreted porcelain, gold luster, brass
Dimensions
25.4 x 21 x 20.3 cm
Year
2020
Seen at
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY

Related themes

Decorative Vessel, Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary Craft, Whimsical Design, Studio Ceramics, Luxury Craft, Functional Sculpture, Imaginative Form, Accreted Ceramics, American Contemporary, Design Object, Gold Luster, Metallic Glaze, Hand Thrown Porcelain, Craft Design, Mixed Material, Anthropomorphic Form, Textured Surface, Brass Elements, Sculptural Object

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