The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of November 15, 2025
Bling Bat
2007
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.- 2007–2024Martin Kline, [b. 1961], Rhinebeck, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2024The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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