×Joel Otterson

In recent weeks, conceptual artist Joel Otterson’s Voluptuous Desire was installed in the Bradley Symphony Center’s Ellen & Joe Checota Gallery as the latest installation of Sculpture Milwaukee’s “Actual Fractals” exhibition. The piece, on loan from Kohler Co., is a large-scale Greek vase comprised entirely of cast-iron and gold filigree, at once both delicate and monumental.

“The palette, tone, high craft, and historical reference of the vase allow it to fit beautifully with the Symphony Center’s décor,” remarks executive director of Sculpture Milwaukee, John Riepenhoff. It complements the contemporary dark stone surroundings of the Checota Gallery and broader atrium while evoking the Greco-Roman stylings within the Warner Theater.

Joel Otterson

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