Chocolate

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Chocolate

2008

Melanie Bilenker (American, born 1978)

Melanie Bilenker studied under Sharon Church at the University of the Arts and now lives and works in Philadelphia. She has revived the use of hairwork and created her own formal vocabulary, and in so doing has created a unique body of jewelry. Chocolate depicts an intimate scene of the artist on her bed savoring a bar of chocolate. The photographic quality, texture, and perspective of this work are achieved by the delicate placement of pieces of Bilenker's own hair, which become the physical remnant of the ephemeral moment she depicts.

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Object Details

Title:

Chocolate

Date:

2008

Artist:

Melanie Bilenker (American, born 1978)

Medium:

Gold, ebony, resin, pigment, hair

Dimensions:

3 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 3/8 inches (9.5 x 7 x 1 cm)

Classification:

Jewelry

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds contributed by The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show Committee in honor of Louise K. Binswanger, 2008

Accession Number:

2008-77-1

Geography:

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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