Broom Thing Ambient Object
Stephen Burks

Details
Title
Broom Thing Ambient Object
Artist/Maker
Stephen Burks
Date
2020
Medium
Dyed broomcorn and sugar maple wood
Dimensions
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Credit
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Berea College Student Craft, 2022.74
Accession #
2022.74
Made of hundreds of broomcorn strands arranged like a disco ball, Broom Thing—created alongside students at Berea College in Kentucky—is a radical expression of a broom as a nonfunctional object. The brightly colored work—which emerged from Stephen Burks’s early aspirations of becoming a sculptor—embodies the transformative power of what is possible in craft when experimentation collides with tradition, rearranging everyday materials to create a work of art.
Image Copyright
© Stephen Burks / Photo by Justin Skeens.