Joana Vasconcelos’s “Wedding Cake,” a giant confection of a sculpture, will open at Waddesdon Manor this week. See all the details here:
On the sculpture’s ivory exterior, a menagerie of intricately carved, pastel-glazed elements—such as floral plaques, finials, busts, angels, mermaids, and functioning fish fountains—ooze Baroque buttercream opulence. Stepping through the entrance’s iron scrollwork doors, visitors enter a pavilion at once fantastical and mystical.
Ascending the spiral staircases, visitors pass through monochromatic cotton candy pink and butter yellow floors evoking Wayne Thiebaud’s frosting-hued paintings of similar confections. The sculpture’s apex comfortably fits just two people; only when an ascending pair becomes the cake’s topper does the artist consider the work complete. “It’s an emotional and personal project, and I’m inviting you to finish it,” she says.
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