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The Artist Project: Rona Pondick

Artist Rona Pondick reflects on Egyptian sculpture fragments in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"I look at the fractures as though they were intentionally made that way."

Artist Rona Pondick reflects on Egyptian sculpture fragments 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
Rona Pondick, born in 1952, is an American sculptor.

Rona Pondick (American, born 1952)

Monkeys, 1998–2001

Edition of 6; stainless steel; 41 1/4 × 66 × 85 1/2 in. (104.77 × 167.64 × 217.17 cm). New Orleans Museum of Art, Gift of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation. © Rona Pondick

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Torso of Akhenaten, Indurated limestone
Torso of Akhenaten
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Torso of Nefertiti from a dyad holding a stela in front of the bodies, Indurated limestone
Torso of Nefertiti from a dyad holding a stela in front of the bodies
ca. 1352–1336 B.C.
Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon, Limestone, paint
Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Nose and lips of Akhenaten, Indurated limestone
Nose and lips of Akhenaten
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Head of Akhenaten Wearing the Blue Crown, traces of a hieroglyph behind the neck, Indurated limestone
Head of Akhenaten Wearing the Blue Crown, traces of a hieroglyph behind the neck
ca. 1353–1336 BC
Lower part of a royal head, Red quartzite
Lower part of a royal head
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Chest of Akhenaten, Indurated limestone
Chest of Akhenaten
ca. 1352–1336 B.C.
Head of Akhenaten, Indurated limestone, red paint
Head of Akhenaten
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Right eye and brow from head of king in the 'blue' crown, Indurated limestone
Right eye and brow from head of king in the 'blue' crown
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Hands offering Aten cartouches (upper part of cartouches are a cast of British Museum EA 58471), Indurated limestone
Hands offering Aten cartouches (upper part of cartouches are a cast of British Museum EA 58471)
ca. 1352–1336 B.C.