Frozen Fish

Gabriella Polony Mountain's work includes four major themes. The first three themes are clearly recognizable as the Cosmos, Nature, and Figural works with the fourth theme encompassing history, philosophy, and culture. In her life as an artist, Polony Mountain worked with many different medium including mosaics, weavings, sculpture, stained glass, and repousse. Sculpture is a three dimensional branch of the visual arts. In traditional forms of sculpture, the materials used were easily accessible and consisted of stone, metal, wood, ceramics. The process for creating sculpture is as varied as the materials used and include carving, modelling, molded, cast, welded. These days the sculptural form is one with fewer boundaries in terms of material and process. In this sculpture made from pink marble with black striations, Polony Mountain creates a a contained space for a group of frozen fish. Two of the fish head's appear in the upper corners with one on either side, one fish head is centrally located, and another is located at the bottom. Circles and sharp lines contrast one another in this organic confined space. Her initials are written in black marker and located near the mouth of the fish across the bottom.
Frozen Fish
Frozen Fish, detail
Frozen Fish, signature
Inventory
Collection Number
17687
Building
Description
Details
This sculpture depicts a group of four fish frozen within the fixed material of pink marble.
Framed
No
Width
2 1/4 inches
Height
10 inches
Length
15 inches
Donor
Donor Name
Gabriella Polony Mountain
Library Owns
Yes
Permissions
Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape
Yes
Reproduce
Library has Photography Rights
Yes
Photograph
Permit the general public to photograph the work
Yes
Slides/Video