1https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/19581/fullWhen the Cat in the Copycat Was a Dog2016[Jim Melchert]Broken and glazed porcelain tiles; picture mounted on foam coreThe work consists of four industrially produced ceramic tiles and one photograph. Since the early 1990s, the artist has worked principally with pre-fabricated tile, generally breaking it and adding glaze in response. Melchert, having been a prominent figure in the Bay Area conceptual art world, has long employed chance operations and rule-based systems in his work. In this piece, the abstract pattern of breakages and glaze derive from the photo included with the work.Modern and Contemporary Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/7821/rdf