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Bling Bat

2007

Martin Kline

(American, b. 1961)
Culture
America
Medium
bronze
Measurements
83.2 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm (32 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist 2024.153
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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The techniques that Kline uses for this sculpture were popular in ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt.

Description

Martin Kline is an American painter and sculptor whose work references Western and Eastern cultural practices. He often draws from art history, philosophy, and nature for the creation of his work. Trained in studio art with a focused study of Italian Renaissance painting, Kline moved to abstraction following his move to New York in the 1980s. Working in an abstracted style, Kline references flora, organisms, and mythological and literary characters. In Bling Bat, the artist draws on a technique of accumulated wax layers to build form, depth, and texture, giving objects a topographical quality, which is then cast in bronze.
A bronze sculpture, a horizontal bat with a flaring handle, extends into a barrel encrusted with dense rows of gold-toned, rounded projections. The handle's smooth, matte-gray finish graduates into the studded section, creating a rough texture across the right side. The object terminates in a blunt, cylindrical tip. Light glinting off the metal highlights a shift from sleek gray at the left to a warm, golden luster along the barrel.

Bling Bat

2007

Martin Kline

(American, b. 1961)
America

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