Yin and Yang

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 small square sculpture, the yin and yang symbol are confined in geometric space. The traditional circle with teardrop halves is transformed into a rectangle, egg-shape, oval, and carved curvilinear lines. Polony Mountain has the unique ability to abstract the familiar while simultaneously maintaining the familiarity.
Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang, back
Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang, back
Inventory
Collection Number
17694
Building
Current Location
B2 - Room 318
Floor
Lower Level/Vault
Description
Details
"Yin and Yang" depicts an abstract variation of the traditional yin and yang symbol in white marble.
Artist Dates
1918 - 2020
Artist Nationality
Hungarian
Accession Date
Framed
No
Width
2 inches
Height
12 inches
Length
11 inches
Object Type
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