Sarah Hirneisen
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Sarah Hirneisen is a Bay Area glass-maker and sculptor. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has exhibited widely in the Bay Area, at Southern Exposure, Lobot Gallery, and ProArts, and with Wolfe Contemporary at art fairs in Chicago, New York, and Miami.
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"Naming Conventions" (2007)
Installation view.
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"Naming Conventions (detail)" (2007)
2,800 vials hand-etched with names of
Iraqi civilians killed in 2006, oil, wood,
neon.
42 x 22 x 14 in.
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"Lares and Penates" (2007)
Glass, ashes, steel bed frame, wood, lighting. 28 x 38 x 78"
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"Lares and Penates (detail)"
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"Unfamiliar Ground" (2007)
Glass, soil samples collected by U.S. soldiers
in Iraq & Afganistan, metal, wire, 25 x 15 in.
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"Unfamiliar Ground (detail)" (2007)
Glass, soil samples collected by U.S. soldiers
in Iraq & Afganistan, metal, wire, 25 x 15 in.
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"Swords to Plowshares" (2007)
Machine gun shells, soil, grass in steel grid
Installation view, 48 x 72 x 8 in.
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"Swords to Plowshares (detail)" (2007)
Machine gun shells, soil, grass in steel grid
Installation view, 48 x 72 x 8 in.
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"Grounded (detail)" (2007)
Glass, soil, steel frame.
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"87,342 Places" (2007)
Glass (etched & photographic transfer), iron, copper wire.
42 x 5 in.
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"Inventory" (2007)
Glass, metal, samples from vacuum cleaner bags from 120 homes. 54 x 35 x 43 inches.
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"Inventory (detail)" (2007)
Glass, metal, samples from vacuum cleaner bags from 120 homes. 54 x 35 x 43 inches.
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