CULT OF THE OBJECT

Cult of the Object is a platform about art objects and the stories they tell.

Pendant in the Form of a Spider. Possibly Chiriquí. Costa Rica, c. A.D. 1000-1500 @brooklynmuseum via @archaeologyart In Costa Rica gold animal pendants were often worn by and buried with elite members of Chiriquí society. The eagle&
RUTH ASAWA 〰️🕸️〰️ 1~ Untitled (S.310, Hanging Five-Lobed Continuous Form Within a Form with Spheres in the 2nd, 3rd, and Bottom Lobes), c. 1954 Hanging sculpture-copper and brass wire 2~ Untitled (S.524, Hanging Miniature Single Section, Reversibl
〰️♠️〰️ Ceramic cone and squiggle by @ashleyrhardy #ashleyhardy
〰️🩵〰️ Cloudbloom (2023) by @janny.baek colored porcelain. 💚〰️💜 #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #ceramicvessel #contemporaryceramics #art #sculpture #fantasy #futuristic #lifeform #biomorphic #clouds #flora #sculptor #jannybaek
Ancient Greek marble Vessel carved in the form of a Pelican’s Foot Seashell 425 BC discovered via @mayabouci
« Rock Fan » (1997) by David Hammons 〰️ #DavidHammons
Continuing the theme and in honour of FEELINGS, the exhibition of work by COSIMA VON BONIN that opened @schirnkunsthalle last night, here is: WHAT IF IT BARKS 5 (PETITE VERSION WITH BLUE UKULELE), 2018 on view @schirnkunsthalle ~~~• image ta
💦💦RIO KOBAYASHI💦💦 @riokobayashi_d Fatty tuna table (Fisch Tisch), 2018 hand painted by @jameshagueartist 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 #yesplease #cultoftheobject #riokobayashi
‘Nice legs, what time do they open?’ 2017 by Toronto-based artist Claire Greenshaw (@mrs_woman) photo taken from her show “Mother Tongue” @clintroenisch ~~• via @nik_gallo ~~• #clairegreesnhaw
I have this image saved in my archive since over 5 years and finally found out they’re by @eriimamura.beads yay! 🌛✨🕯️🪸
Opening last night is HECHO A MANO @ceciliabrunsonprojects, bringing both modern and contemporary Latin American artists whose work have evidence of ‘the hand’. Above, a newly commissioned work by Peruvian artist Fátima Rodrigo f
Post-Xmas mood courtesy René Magritte “Ceci est un morceau de fromage”, 1963–1964 Seen at the Deisgn Museum, London, earlier this year. 🧀 #renemagritte
〰️➰ Alexander Calder Vertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943 As a metaphor for works consisting of small points or shapes distributed in loose but fixed configurations across a field or through space, the image of the “constellation” seem
〰️➰ BREYER P-ORRIDGE Shoe Horn #4, 2014 Ram horn, shoe worn by Genesis as Lady Sarah (he/r dominatrix persona), sting ray skin, ermine fur, bone, Nepalese fabric-printing square, brass netting, copper ball 9 x 9 x 8 in (22.9 x 22.9 x 20.3 cm) via @ne
〰️➰ ELMGREEN AND DRAGSET Balancing Act “We place our vulture-sculptures in different settings: here it’s perched on gym equipment. The vulture character, initially dubbed ’The Critic’, might refer to exterior critics in our
〰️➰ “Rock Head”, 2000, by David Hammons #davidhammons #rockhead #cultoftheobject
🕯️👂🔮🪡💅 Ofelia Rodríguez Magic Box with Protected Furry Ear, 1996-97 On view right now in the exhibition “Talking in Dreams” @ Spike Island, Bristol (they won’t let me tag the institution). #ofeliarodríguez
Shell Pendant. Mexico. A.D. 1200-1500. Collection: Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California.⁣ via @archaeologyart ・・・ #aztecs #aztec #aztecas #aztèques #mesoamérica #archaeology #arqueología #antica #antigua
👁️✨👄 Salvador Dalí’s Leaf Veined Hand, Ruby Lips with pearl teeth & Eye of Time watch brooch. The collection of jewels by Dalí and Verdura was wildly successful. It debuted at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York with an
Pair of eyes Greek, 5th century BCE or later Bronze, marble, frit, quartz, and obsidian ‘Greek and Roman statues were designed to give a colorful lifelike impression. Marble and wood sculptures were brightly painted, and bronze statues were or