Between Punk and Baroque
by Polina Nisenbaum
Vases and Chalices
I begin with the vase—one of humanity's oldest and most enduring cultural archetypes. Working from traditional pottery forms such as vases and chalices, controlled and classical in their proportions, I transform familiar vessels into objects that question their own history and identity.
Punk Statuettes
The Punk Statuettes hover between vessel, artifact, and sculpture.
What is a vase?
What Is the Vase? is an ongoing series that explores transformation, impermanence, and the shifting relationship between cultural memory and contemporary experience.
