Ceramic, bronze powder, polyester glitter, gesso, acrylic
9 1/2 x 7 x 6 in (24 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm)

(b. 1984, lives and works in New York and Berlin)

Rochelle Goldberg’s series of aluminum sculptures is made specifically for Winterfest. Each work is a cast of a donkey taken from a 1950s nativity scene and then adorned with iridescent make-up.

Another piece, Composite Filth (I), is a ceramic head that continues the artist’s series of “composite Marys”—sculptural forms inspired by the collapse and compression of female figures throughout history, such as Mary Magdalene and Mary of Egypt.

Courtesy the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery