- Materials:
- Flameworked glass; steel, magnets, motor
- Dimensions:
- 60 x 20 x 20 cm
- Made:
- United States, Seattle, Washington : 2018
Artist(s):
- Zirpel, Mark
- born: 1956
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United States
Selector Statement
A robotic glass eyeball that appears to follow its viewers, Observer is an Orwellian automaton, surveilling viewers as they gaze upon it. Humorous but sinister, the piece comments on the governmental gaze, taking on even greater resonance in our time of heightened anxiety.