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The Dress Series evokes the doll clothes and paper dolls of childhood. They are happy little dresses, yet evoke something else that is ominous. The departure comes in the materials chosen: woven plastic discards that have been burnt and manipulated. Pins pierce the waist. Some are wrapped. Some are mired in wax It is an embattled femininity. | |||||||||||||
Dress IV, 2009; 5" x 7"; plastic, cloth, beads and glue In the collection of Betsy and Marc Leavitt |
Dress II, 2009; 5" x 7"; plastic, cloth and glue In the collection of Betsy and Marc Leavitt |
Dress V, 2009; 5'" x 7"; plastic, pin and glue In the collection of Betsy and Marc Leavitt |
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Dress VII, 2009; 5" x 7"; plastic, cloth, pin and glue | |||||||||||||
Dress in Wax II, 2009; 5" x 7"; plastic, safety pin, gold pigment and wax In the collection of Betsy and Marc Leavitt |
Dress I, 2009; 5" x 7"; plastic, cloth, pin, glue and wax | Dress VII, 2009; 5" x 7"; plastic, cloth, pin and glue | |||||||||||
Dress I, 2009; 5" x 7"; plastic, glue and wax | |||||||||||||