"When an artist is in love with the piece, that communicates very well over time. So thousands of years later, we're still feeling it."
Artist Arlene Shechet reflects on a bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.
About the Artist
Arlene Shechet, born in 1951, is an American sculptor.

Arlene Shechet (American, born 1951)
So and So and So and So and On and On, 2010
Glazed ceramic and glazed kiln brick, two parts: 49 1/2 × 15 × 18 inches and 51 1/2 × 18 × 14 inches. Installation view, Arlene Shechet: All At Once, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2015). © Arlene Shechet. Photo: Cathy Carver