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The Artist Project: Katrín Sigurdardóttir

Artist Katrín Sigurdardóttir reflects on the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse in this episode of The Artist Project.
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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 The Artist Project, 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.

"You pour your fantasy into these; they're kind of like compartments of imagination and memory."

Artist Katrín Sigurdardóttir reflects on the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse 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
Katrín Sigurdardóttir, born in 1967, is an Icelandic installation artist.

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Art Mentioned

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Fire screen (écran), Georges Jacob French, Carved, gilded and silvered beech; 18th-century silk brocade (not original to frame), French, Paris
Fire screen (écran)
Georges Jacob
Philippe de Lasalle
ca. 1786
Drop-front secretary (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en armoire), Guillaume Benneman, Oak veneered with tulipwood, kingwood, holly partly stained green, ebony, and mahogany; brèche d'Alep marble (not original); modern leather; gilt-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Drop-front secretary (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en armoire)
Multiple artists/makers
1786–87
Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse, Carved, painted, and gilded oak, French, Paris
Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse
French, Paris
ca. 1774, with later additions
Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée), François Joseph Belanger French, Gilt bronze, marble, and painted metal; enamel dial; brass and steel movement, French, Paris
Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée)
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1783
Armchair (Bergère à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay, Carved and gilded walnut, modern silk lampas, French
Armchair (Bergère à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay
ca. 1785
Carpet (tapis), Savonnerie Manufactory, Knotted and cut wool pile (Ghiordes knot) (woven with about 44 knots per sq. inch), French, Paris
Carpet (tapis)
Savonnerie Manufactory
mid-17th century
Three-light wall brackets (set of four), F. L. Feuchère père French, Gilt bronze, French
Three-light wall brackets (set of four)
F. L. Feuchère père
late 18th or early 19th century
Pair of vases, Hard-paste porcelain, gilt-bronze mounts, Chinese with French mounts
Pair of vases
Chinese with French mounts
porcelain mid-18th century, mounts ca. 1740–50
Self Portrait, Philippe Laurent Roland, Marble, French, Paris
Self Portrait
Philippe Laurent Roland
ca. 1785
Side chair (one of a pair), Jean-Jacques Pothier, Carved and gilded beech, silk moire upholstery, French
Side chair (one of a pair)
Jean-Jacques Pothier
ca. 1775