Cheryl Nickel
WAYS TO GO in the 21st Century:
The Bohemian
Wheelchair with bamboo and fabric canopy, tapestry seat and armrests, and crutch handles. 2019
72” x 60” x 132”
$1400
Website:www.sdspace4art.org/cheryl-nickel-1
California, USA
VO by Mari Weiss
The Bohemian
Wheelchair with bamboo and fabric canopy, tapestry seat and armrests, and crutch handles. 2019
72” x 60” x 132”
$1400
Website:www.sdspace4art.org/cheryl-nickel-1
California, USA
VO by Mari Weiss
WAYS TO GO in the 21st Century:
The Star Trek
Hospital commode with hood, metal helmet and tubing, and crutch handles. 2019
84” x 72” x 180”
$1400
VO by Mari Weiss
The Star Trek
Hospital commode with hood, metal helmet and tubing, and crutch handles. 2019
84” x 72” x 180”
$1400
VO by Mari Weiss
ABOUT THE ARTWORKS:
“In this work, I have imagined what could be done with wheel chairs, beds, IV stands, etc., that could allow individuals to personalize their immediate environment, beyond bedside photos of loved ones, flowers, etc. I began considering how different people who are confined to wheel chairs could express themselves - their personalities, beliefs, wishes, styles, etc - how could or would individuals design their personal environment. These “Ways to Go” can be regarded as “prototypes” - and some individuals may begin to consider what “Way to Go” they can imagine.”
BIO:
Cheryl Nickel is an artist with a Master’s Degree in landscape architecture (art/archeology minor) from Cornell University. She has exhibited installation and sculptural work in various media including public site /landscape work.
Solo gallery shows include: Sibley Gallery, Cornell University; Hangar Theater, Ithaca, NY, (installation); Cayuge Lake Park installation; Sushi Visual and Performance Gallery, San Diego; Loma Linda Medical School, Riverside, CA.
Public work/environmental arts projects have been installed or shown at: Treman State Park, Ithaca, NY; Ithaca Arts Festival, Ithaca, NY; SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY; Lydgate Park, Kapaa, Hawaii; Lansing Middle School, Lansing, NY; Las Cruces City Park, Las Cruces, NM; Kona Playground, Kona Coast, Hawaii; Cayuga Nature Center, Ithaca, NY; La Sierra University, Riverside, CA; Hoover High School, San Diego, CA. (Price Charities/San Diego State Foundation).
Solo gallery shows include: Sibley Gallery, Cornell University; Hangar Theater, Ithaca, NY, (installation); Cayuge Lake Park installation; Sushi Visual and Performance Gallery, San Diego; Loma Linda Medical School, Riverside, CA.
Public work/environmental arts projects have been installed or shown at: Treman State Park, Ithaca, NY; Ithaca Arts Festival, Ithaca, NY; SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY; Lydgate Park, Kapaa, Hawaii; Lansing Middle School, Lansing, NY; Las Cruces City Park, Las Cruces, NM; Kona Playground, Kona Coast, Hawaii; Cayuga Nature Center, Ithaca, NY; La Sierra University, Riverside, CA; Hoover High School, San Diego, CA. (Price Charities/San Diego State Foundation).
DESCRIPTIONS:
The Bohemian:
The wheelchair has back and seat cushions of a soft gold, pink and yellow print fabric trimmed with red fringe. An embroidered panel covers the center of the back and the seat. The embroidery is on yellow fabric and has a central floral motif in red and navy blue, with hints of green and orange framed by geometric patterned rectangles. Similar panels cover the armrests. Protruding forward just below the seat are two crutches. They are wrapped in white beads and yellow cord and adorned with red flowers near the chair seat. A bright red canopy shades the chair. It is trimmed with swags of white beads and crystals. A wind chime of white shells hangs at the back.
The Star Trek:
A hospital commode has added 4-foot poles rising from the four corners. The poles support a white dome. On top of the dome are shooting stars. Suspended from the dome is a silver helmet, an oxygen mask, IV bags, IV tubing and test tubes. Running down is back is a pale blue, plastic stretcher. Two silver, accordion dryer-vent tubes are joined by a black cylinder below the helmet. The tubes curve arm-like to the arm rests. Pairs of crutches extend forward and backward from either side of the lower portion of the commode’s frame. They are parallel to and 1-foot up from the floor.
-descriptions by Teri Grossman
The wheelchair has back and seat cushions of a soft gold, pink and yellow print fabric trimmed with red fringe. An embroidered panel covers the center of the back and the seat. The embroidery is on yellow fabric and has a central floral motif in red and navy blue, with hints of green and orange framed by geometric patterned rectangles. Similar panels cover the armrests. Protruding forward just below the seat are two crutches. They are wrapped in white beads and yellow cord and adorned with red flowers near the chair seat. A bright red canopy shades the chair. It is trimmed with swags of white beads and crystals. A wind chime of white shells hangs at the back.
The Star Trek:
A hospital commode has added 4-foot poles rising from the four corners. The poles support a white dome. On top of the dome are shooting stars. Suspended from the dome is a silver helmet, an oxygen mask, IV bags, IV tubing and test tubes. Running down is back is a pale blue, plastic stretcher. Two silver, accordion dryer-vent tubes are joined by a black cylinder below the helmet. The tubes curve arm-like to the arm rests. Pairs of crutches extend forward and backward from either side of the lower portion of the commode’s frame. They are parallel to and 1-foot up from the floor.
-descriptions by Teri Grossman
Opulent Mobility by A. Laura Brody is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
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