Stuck

Skip to main content
Stuck
Stuck
Artist/Maker (American, born 1966)
Date2006
MediumPlaster, enamel, canvas on wood, and fiberglass
DimensionsOverall: 139.7 x 67.3 x 100.3 cm (55 x 26 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of E. M. Bakwin, Class of 1950
Object number2012.3.16
Not on view
Description This sculpture is one of a series of similar works created by Robert Melee, to which he applies glossy drips and splatters of enamel paint in a technique he has referred to as a poor version or imitation of the romantic practice of marbleizing, “like plastic household surfaces a la formica.” His application may bring to mind the drip paintings of Abstract Expressionism. Although at times the artist has restricted his palette to black, white, and grey, pops of yellow and gold also appear in this work. Stuck suggests the upper body of a figure thrusting its arms upward. The weight of the paint, which hangs off the figure like carved drapery, seems to drag the figure downward regardless of its actions. The sculpture’s exuberant materiality is ambiguously attractive and grotesque, bringing to mind melted wax or wet cement (SOURCE: Wellin Museum permanent collection label, Summer 2016).
Collections

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2006
New York, NY. Andrew Kreps Gallery. "The Armory Show," March 9 - March 13, 2006.
Provenance 2012: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of E. M. Bakwin;
2006 - 2012: E. M. Bakwin, by purchase from Andrew Kreps Gallery;
2006: Andrew Kreps Gallery, for sale from artist.
with frame. Photograph by John Bentham.
Untitled
Hans Hofmann
Date: 1962
Medium: Oil on board
Object number: 2010.1
Photograph by John Bentham.
Old Gables VI
Lyonel Feininger
Date: 1944
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object number: 2001.9
Photo by John Bentham.
Caged Bird
Walter Williams
Date: 1966
Medium: Color woodcut
Object number: 1984.393
Photograph by David Revette.
Owl effigy jar
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.530
Photograph by John Bentham.
Nativity
Date: c. 1500-1510
Medium: Limewood with polychrome and gilding
Object number: 2009.6
Photograph by John Bentham
Untitled (Poured Black and White Curtain)
Robert Melee
Date: 2005
Medium: Enamel paint, canvas, and plaster on wood
Object number: 2012.3.15
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Blackware dish with russet splashes
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 960-1279
Medium: Ceramic with black glaze
Object number: 2016.6.2
© Yashua Klos. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton,…
When the Parts Untangle
Yashua Klos
Date: 2022
Medium: Woodblock print on muslin and oil-based, relief block ink on canvas, acrylic, spray paint, Japanese rice paper, mounted on drop cloth
Object number: 2022.4
Photograph by John Bentham.
Thornhead (recto); Head of Christ (verso)
Graham Sutherland
Date: 1946
Medium: Double-sided painting: ink and gouache (recto); gouache (verso) on board
Object number: 1991.217a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Fighting Cock #3
Walter Williams
Date: 1964
Medium: Color woodcut
Object number: 1984.394
Photograph by John Bentham.
House Store
Betty Parsons
Date: 1977
Medium: Acrylic on wood
Object number: 1986.52
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Belial Figure
David Smith
Date: 1945
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1986.20