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Hope Hickman
Small and Spiked Lidded Vessel in Tan and Copper

2026

$500
£380.68
€455.17
CA$712.80
A$725.57
CHF 420.16
MX$9,581.22
NOK 4,696.34
SEK 5,011.36
DKK 3,415.67

About the Item

Hope Hickman says of her work... I am tormented by aesthetic seduction, by what I can only call the romantic. My practice processes, through haptic intuition, the look of wealth, of sex, of romance, and most of all, of power. Jarred by the history of European imperialism and disgusted by the colonial fetish object, I approach European canonical art with real skepticism, a skepticism that sits uneasily beside my own weakness for the art historical. This frustration between desire and repulsion is the fodder for my work. Executed well, the result becomes a relief valve for the existential pressures that historicity forces us to confront. This almost sexual frustration toward the illusoriness of power's trappings produces uncanny, comical interpretations of a European past. What I make feels familiar and intoxicating, but also wrong. Formally, I work through cuteness, bizarre anthropomorphized forms, and layers of gaudy kitsch to achieve this effect. Threads of contemporary reality run through the work as clearly as its reflections of a European past. My work becomes, in this way, part of an honest discussion of gender, power, inequality, and, most potently, whiteness. New Orleans, now my home, has proven a rich environment for this inquiry: daily immersion in the language of romantic semiotics and the living complexity of European colonial inheritance.
  • Creator:
    Hope Hickman (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2026
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 4 in (10.16 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Gallery Location:
    New Orleans, LA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU105218542742

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