Bowl c. 1950s

Editor: This is "Bowl" by Aage Weimar, housed at the Harvard Art Museums. It's a small, silvery bowl, roughly circular, but not quite perfect, almost like a celestial object. What strikes you about it? Curator: The imperfections are precisely what command my attention. Weimar's bowl rebels against the slickness often associated with functional design. It asks us to consider the social role of craft, moving beyond mere utility. Editor: So, it's pushing back against industrialization, maybe? Curator: Potentially. How does its surface texture contribute to that feeling for you? Is it trying to tell us something about the role of craft in society? Editor: I see what you mean. It's rough, almost primal. The bowl feels more like a relic or a fragment than something mass-produced. Curator: Exactly. Thinking about its place in a museum setting changes my perception too. It’s no longer simply a bowl. Editor: It's a cultural artifact, a statement. Thanks, that's a helpful shift in perspective.