Kasper Bosmans
Blue Suicide, 2018
Cut tanzanite and cooking pots
Part 1: 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (27 x 27 c 22.5 cm)
13 1/8 x 13 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches (33.4 x 33.4 x 22.5 cm) with handles
Part 2: 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches (35 x 35 x 28.3 cm)
16 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches (42 x 42 x 28.3 cm) with handles
13 1/8 x 13 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches (33.4 x 33.4 x 22.5 cm) with handles
Part 2: 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches (35 x 35 x 28.3 cm)
16 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches (42 x 42 x 28.3 cm) with handles
Further images
After Bosmans used large cooking pots for the work Medieval Meuse and Baghmati (2017), the cooking pot became a recurring motif in his work . The piece “Blue Suicide” specifically...
After Bosmans used large cooking pots for the work Medieval Meuse and Baghmati (2017), the cooking pot became a recurring motif in his work.
The piece “Blue Suicide” specifically references the mineral Zoisite - a stone mined in Tanzania - that for commercial reasons is altered in both name and color. While naturally hued blue, Zoisite is frequently heated to produce a purple color, and then renamed ‘Tanzanite,’ as many purveyors think the word ‘Zoisite’ sounds too similar to ‘suicide.’
By renaming the mineral ‘Tanzanite,’ this macabre connotation is erased and the stone is exoticized in the same breath.