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Archives - One Size DOES NOT Fit All (Installation)
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[One Size DOES NOT Fit All is an installation made out of several racks of sculptural clothes. In the 1995 version of this piece the space was painted a lush pink and wooden dowels (also painted pink) hung at different levels from the ceiling, displaying the "clothing." Read more...] Old clothes were bleached and soaked in wallpaper paste. While hanging to dry, they were tied, wired, stuffed, torn, and mangled. The stiff forms were then painted with mat or gloss medium and/or paint. Tags with text and logos were laminated and hang from the clothes like labels. Examples of the text are: "Her body felt out of control," "She appeared to be at ease in her body, but she couldn't find her center," and "The world's problems weighed upon her, but first she'd have to lose some weight." The content of this piece is based on my bookwork of the same name published by Aigis Publications in 1993. Images from the bookwork and mirrors were displayed opposite the hanging clothing. A clipboard was placed in the installation inviting women to share their stories about body hate. This piece was exhibited outside of an art space, in a women's clothing store, and functioned well in that context. An earlier version of this piece was called The Fat Book. The installation at Cal Poly Pomona gallery (1992) did not include the clothing, but there was an audience-participatory mirror (What caption goes with this image? ) and images of the bookwork framed on the wall. Exhibitions: Cal Poly Pomona Gallery (1992), Highways, Santa Monica, CA (1993); Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA - including a rack in the store CP SHADES (1993), Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA - including a rack in the student union (1993), and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood (1995).
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