Holon Pipe

Artist Jiro Kamata (Japanese, born 1978)

Date2020

Dimensions15 3/4 × 9 7/16 × 9 1/16 in. (40 × 24 × 23 cm)

MediumPatinated silver, camera lenses with PVD, mirror, 24K gold and rose gold coatings

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, the Museum Art Fund, and the Orion Fund

Object number

2021.11A-B

Not on View

DescriptionBlackened, oxidized silver pipe with a long pipe stem attached to a rounded base with removable pipe bowl. Issuing from the base in different orientations are 16 long stems of blackened silver with disc-shaped mounts set with brilliant, reflective camera lenses with applied multi-colored PVD (physical vapor deposition) coatings.

Exhibition HistoryHudson, NY, Ornamentum Gallery, Up In Smoke: Contemporary Jewelers, Silversmiths and Designers Take on Marijuana, January 16–February 21, 2021Comparative ReferencesSee also Künzli, Otto and Christianne Weber-Stöber. Jiro Kamata: Momentopia. Hanau: Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, 2008.

See also Werbeck, Gabriele, editor. Jiro Kamata: Arboresque. Munich: Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt, 2012.

See also Shao, Yaman, editor. Jiro Kamata: Voices. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2019.