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Monkeys

Artist Rona Pondick (American, born 1952)
Date1998-2001
MediumStainless steel
DimensionsOverall: 39 × 68 1/2 × 79 1/2 inches (99.06 × 173.99 × 201.93 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ruth Bloom
Object number2022.33
Edition/State/Proof2/6
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionEight hybridical monkey/human figures arranged in an interlocking, pyramidal shapeExhibition History
None of this cast
Provenance

The artist;

Sonnabend Gallery, New York;

Purchased by Ruth Bloom, Los Angeles, California and Sun Valley, Idaho, March 9, 2002;

Her gift to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, December 2022

Published References

Octavio Zaya. “The Metamorphosis of an Object Maker: An Interview with Rona Pondick,” in Sue-An Van der Zijpp, Peter Weirmaier, and Octavio Zaya, Rona Pondick Works 1986–2001, (New York: Sonnabend Press, 2002): 112-141 (ill. 124-131).

“Rona Pondick, Sculture.” Tiscali Arte, 27 April 2002 (ill).

Tatiana Tomasette. “Rona Pondick espone alla GAM di Bologna,” Arte al limite (April-May 2022): p.13. (ill.)

Christine Temin. “Exhibit Puts Disturbing Face on Sculptor’s Work.” Boston Globe, 28 August 2002, pp. D1, D6 (ill.)

Annamaria Sigalotti. “L’arte liminale di Rona Pondick.” Art & Job Magazine (22 March 2002):  p. 32 (ill.)

Nancy Princethal. “A Dreamlike Melding of Human, Beast and Steel.” New York Times, 7 April 2002, pp. D33, 35 (ill.)

Barbara A. MacAdam. “Rona Pondick.” Art News (Summer 2002): pp. 177-178 (ill)

Janet Koplos. “Rona Pondick: Orchestrated Obsessions.” Art in America (September 2002):  pp. 114-119 (ill.)

Natalie Haddad. “The Metamorphosis.” Detroit Weekly, 12 November 2003, p. 25 (ill.).

George Fifield. “Rona Pondick’s Monsters of Fear and Desire.” Sculpture (September 2003): pp. 34-39 (ill.).

Suzanne Chessler. “Taking Cues from Kafka.” Jewish News, 26 September 2003 (ill.)

Dan Tranberg. “Classical and Digital Worlds Inspire Sculpture.” Cleveland Plain Dealer, 22 May 2004, pp. E1, E6.

Jill Silverman van Coenegrachts, Rona Pondick: Head in Tree and Other Works, 1999-2008, exh. cat. (Llubljana, Slovenia: TR3, 2008): 10-14

Susan Stoops et. al., Rona Pondick: The Metamorphosis of an Object, exh. cat. (Worcester, MA: Worcester Art Museum, 2009): 107.

Veronica Chow. “Journey of Evolution.” Harper’s Bazaar Hong Kong, December 2013, pp. 100-105 (ill.).

Mark Brownlow. “Rona Pondick’s Monkeys installation.” Visiting Vienna (15 September 2022); www.visitingvienna.com.

Gaisfuss, Johannes. “Im bunten Wald der Kunst.” Weiner Zeitung (29 September 2022); www.weinerzeitung.at

Pobric, Pac. “Sculptor Rona Pondick Has Kept Journalists Away From Her Private Life for Decades. She’s Finally Ready to Talk About It.” Artnet News (15 March 2022); news.artnet.com

 “Rona Pondick’s ‘Hybrid Monkeys’ Take Over the Belvedere.” The Art Wolf (22 September 2022); www.theartwolf.com.

 “The Belvedere opens an exhibition of works by Rona Pondick.” Art Daily (13 October 2022); www.artdaily.com.

Copyright© Rona Pondick
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