CRT Revisited
2015
CRT
Revisited
Overview
"CRT Revisited" is a sculpture installation and community outreach program that grew from Shirley Klinghoffer's original CRT-0981 work (1998) — in which she gathered discarded radiation-therapy molds from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and transformed them into thin skins of slumped glass, connecting the fragility of the body to the fragility of glass. Fast-forwarding to 2015, as a breast cancer survivor herself, Klinghoffer brought the work to the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, where it was shown alongside a community outreach program that brought comfort to multiple communities.
Context
CRT stands for the radiation therapy molds (Customized Radiation Therapy forms) gathered from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The original CRT-0981 installation (1998) comprised 18 life-size slumped glass forms. CRT Revisited (2015) extended this work at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, with a new community outreach dimension.
Wall of original hospital molds (plastic), 32″ H. × 220″ L. × 8″ D., 2015
Artist Statement
Going back in time to the 1990s, I was motivated to address breast cancer and gathered "trashed" molds from Memorial Sloan Kettering that inspired the thin skins of glass — to connect up with the fragility of the body — in my "CRT-0981" sculpture installation and community outreach program. Fast forwarding to 2015, as a breast cancer survivor myself, "Shirley Klinghoffer: CRT Revisited" Exhibition & Community Outreach Program was shown, from this new perspective, at the Museum of Glass (MOG) and brought comfort to multiple communities, as did the "Healing Objects" work created in my Visiting Artist Residency.
Installation Views
CRT Revisited — Museum of Glass exhibition view upon entering gallery
2015 — Slumped glass sculptures, installation
CRT Revisited — detail of slumped glass sculptures on 8 ft. × 12 ft. platform
2015 — Slumped glass sculptures, 8 ft. × 12 ft. platform
CRT Revisited — detail of slumped glass sculptures on 8 ft. × 12 ft. platform
2015 — Slumped glass sculptures, 8 ft. × 12 ft. platform
CRT Revisited — gallery view with molds and partial interactive area
2015 — Slumped glass, hospital molds, interactive installation
CRT Revisited — Wall of original hospital molds (plastic)
2015 — Original hospital molds (plastic), wall installation, 32″ H. × 220″ L. × 8″ D.
Exhibition History
Shirley Klinghoffer: CRT Revisited — Exhibition & Community Outreach Program
Museum of Glass (MOG), Tacoma, WA
Healing Objects (Visiting Artist Residency)
Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Shirley Klinghoffer: CRT Revisited
WNMU Francis McCray Gallery, NM
Related Writing
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"Glass Castles" — Michael Abatemarco.
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"Shirley Klinghoffer honors breast cancer patients with CRT Revisited"
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"Shirley Klinghoffer, CRT-0981" — Mark Daniel Cohen. (Original CRT work, archival reference.)
Photography credit to be confirmed. All images © Shirley Klinghoffer.
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