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The Artist Project: Arlene Shechet

Dec 7, 2015 3 MINUTES
"When an artist is in love with the piece, that communicates very well over time. So thousands of years later, we're still feeling it."

Artist Arlene Shechet reflects on a bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Arlene Shechet, born in 1951, is an American sculptor.

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Glazed ceramic and glazed kiln brick, two parts: 49 1/2 × 15 × 18 inches and 51 1/2 × 18 × 14 inches. Installation view, Arlene Shechet: All At Once, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2015). © Arlene Shechet. Photo: Cathy Carver

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