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American,
b. 1960
Bracelet
2001
Motor, chain, epoxy, mirrored tiles, and plastic skeleton
72 x 6 x 7 in. (182.88 x 15.24 x 17.78 cm)
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
2003.1
An oversized spine and skull encrusted with irregular rectilinear mirrored tiles and suspended upside down from a rotary motor, Martin Kersels’s Bracelet resembles nothing so much as a ghoulish disco ball—a perverse prop from a campy 1970s low-budget horror movie, or an uncompromisingly graphic memorial to the victims of the AIDS epidemic. Yet there’s no denying its beauty—the timeless appeal of its gold burnish, the ethereal floating illusion created by the swirling cubist petals of light, and the inherent elegance of the vertebral architecture add up to a disquietingly sweet gestalt.
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