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© Judith Schaechter
The Battle of Carnival and Lent
2010-201156 x 56 in. (142.2 x 142.2 cm)
Judith Schaechter
United States
Object Type:
Glass
Medium and Support:
Stained-glass panel
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund, Rosemary B. and James C. MacKenzie Fund, Joseph T. Simon Fund, R. T. Miller Fund and Bequest of Clara Trowbridge Wolfard by exchange, and funds from deaccessioning
Accession Number:
2015.39
Location: Currently on view
The Battle of Carnival and Lent, the largest window of the installation, took the artist over a year to complete. It contains over ninety-six figures: human, animal, and imaginary. It was made to be viewed from below, as it was installed in the transom at the end of cell block 11.
Schaechter’s work has long demonstrated her respect for her art historical ancestors. Her imagery aligns her with the long tradition of grotesquerie and the absurd going as far back as the ancient world. The Battle of Carnival and Lent, inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1559 painting of the same subject, is Schaechter’s twenty-first-century vision of the struggle between humanity’s best and worst impulses. Reflective of the artist’s spirit and wit, and fitting the context of the penitentiary, Schaechter takes this timeless struggle and recasts it “as a prison riot . . . [or] a street fight . . . [or] a smackdown between the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Cardinal Virtues.”
Schaechter’s work has long demonstrated her respect for her art historical ancestors. Her imagery aligns her with the long tradition of grotesquerie and the absurd going as far back as the ancient world. The Battle of Carnival and Lent, inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1559 painting of the same subject, is Schaechter’s twenty-first-century vision of the struggle between humanity’s best and worst impulses. Reflective of the artist’s spirit and wit, and fitting the context of the penitentiary, Schaechter takes this timeless struggle and recasts it “as a prison riot . . . [or] a street fight . . . [or] a smackdown between the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Cardinal Virtues.”
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art 2/15/2020 - 9/13/2021
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Kuspit, Donald. Article Title: Judith Schaechter. Article Scope: Review. Artforum. San Francisco, CA: J. Irwin Issue Date: October 2013.
- Women Artists at the Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony Center, University of Rochester, 2017.
- Article Author: Smith, Andy. Article Title: Judith Schaechter's Stained Glass Work Part of Major Survey. Article Scope: Reproduction only. Hi-Fructose. Issue Date: Dec 6 2019.
- Vidimus.