Mother Tongue
Johanna Strobel
I see
Don’t count the chickens before these 3 dozen ceramic eggs have hatched.
In Germany one egg resembles the other like peas in a pod. The German word for egg is Ei, pronounced [aɪ̯].
It’s like Ei said. Like eye sad. Oh. I see.
These 3 dozen ceramic eggs are all variations of the same cast of an ostrich egg. The series evolved from an interlingual pun between the German word “Ei” which means “Egg” and the English words “I” and “Eye,” which are pronounced similarly. (Ei scream, Ice cream, I said, Eye said, Ei ball and so on) From there, the sculptures explore various ideas linguistically, comically, formally, semiotically, content related, etc. The series is displayed on geometric modules or shelves, creating an environment or display in which they are put in a spatial relationship to each other as well as to the space.
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Johanna Strobel, I see, 2018, Glazed ceramics, 3 dozen parts, each approx. 6 x 5 x 5 in. Image credits: Dominik Bindl
Johanna Strobel, I see, 2018, glazed ceramics, 3 dozen parts, each approx. 6 x 5 x 5 in, image credit: Dominik Bindl
Johanna Strobel, I see, 2018, glazed ceramics, 3 dozen parts, each approx. 6 x 5 x 5 in, image credit: Dominik Bindl
Johanna Strobel, I see, 2018, glazed ceramics, 3 dozen parts, each approx. 6 x 5 x 5 in, image credit: Dominik Bindl
Johanna Strobel, I see, 2018, glazed ceramics, 3 dozen parts, each approx. 6 x 5 x 5 in, image credit: Dominik Bindl
Johanna Strobel, I see, 2018, glazed ceramics, 3 dozen parts, each approx. 6 x 5 x 5 in, image credit: Dominik Bindl