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Number 15 and 17 "Here is Why" installation at Krakow Witkin, Boston
2024
Handwoven cloth, aluminum, string
the size of the room in which it is installed
2024
Handwoven cloth, aluminum, string
the size of the room in which it is installed
Photo courtesy of Krakow Witkin, Boston, MA


Number 15 and 17 "Here is Why" installation at Krakow Witkin, Boston
2024
Handwoven cloth, aluminum, string
he size of the room in which it is installedt
2024
Handwoven cloth, aluminum, string
he size of the room in which it is installedt
Photo courtesy of Krakow Witkin, Boston, MA


Twelve and Thirteen, Installation at Eastern Connecticut State University
2023
Handwoven cotton, aluminum, string
Elements hang at 96 inches and 80 inches high, with 80 inches between. Each element about 20 inches wide
2023
Handwoven cotton, aluminum, string
Elements hang at 96 inches and 80 inches high, with 80 inches between. Each element about 20 inches wide


Twelve and Thirteen, Installation at Eastern Connecticut State University Art Gallery
2023
Handwoven cotton, aluminum, string
Elements hang at 96 inches and 80 inches high, with 80 inches between. Each element about 20 inches wide.
2023
Handwoven cotton, aluminum, string
Elements hang at 96 inches and 80 inches high, with 80 inches between. Each element about 20 inches wide.


Love Letters 7 and 8
2022
Handwoven cotton, aluminum, string, space
Room size; cloth: 67 x 26 x 2 inches each
2022
Handwoven cotton, aluminum, string, space
Room size; cloth: 67 x 26 x 2 inches each
Installation at Tibaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Photo: Marco Santiamantini
Photo: Marco Santiamantini


Installation at Tibaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome 2022
Handwoven cotton, aluminum, string, space
Handwoven cotton, aluminum, string, space
Photo: Marco Santiamantini


Utopia
2022
Handwoven cotton, string, steel pins
163 x 8 x 3 inches
2022
Handwoven cotton, string, steel pins
163 x 8 x 3 inches
Installation at Tibaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Collection of Roberto Tibaldi
Photo: Marco Santiamantini
Collection of Roberto Tibaldi
Photo: Marco Santiamantini


Utopia (detail)
2022
Handwoven cotton, string, steel pins
163 x 8 x 3 inches
2022
Handwoven cotton, string, steel pins
163 x 8 x 3 inches
Installation at Tibaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Photo: Marco Santiamantini
Photo: Marco Santiamantini


God's Ladder
2022
String, steel pins
83 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches
2022
String, steel pins
83 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches
Installation at Tibaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Photo: Marco Santiamantini
Photo: Marco Santiamantini


Installation, Zürcher Gallery, New York, 2021. Photo Adam Reich
2021
Cotton cloth, sewing pins, aluminum, string
Overall ca. 11 feet long
2021
Cotton cloth, sewing pins, aluminum, string
Overall ca. 11 feet long


Installation, Zürcher Gallery, New York, 2021. Photo Adam Reich
2021
Cotton cloth, sewing pins, aluminum, string
Overall ca. 11 feet long
2021
Cotton cloth, sewing pins, aluminum, string
Overall ca. 11 feet long


Cloud for Yves Bonnefoy
2021
cloth
2021
cloth
Installation: Women of Spirit 4, Zürcher Gallery, NY
Photo: Adam Reich
Photo: Adam Reich


Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne. Foreground, Janet Passehl. Background Howard Smith.
2019
Cloth, aluminum, string
photo: Simon Vogel
2019
Cloth, aluminum, string
photo: Simon Vogel


Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne. Foreground, Janet Passehl. Background Howard Smith.
2019
Cloth, aluminum, string
photo: Simon Vogel
2019
Cloth, aluminum, string
photo: Simon Vogel


Untitled
2018
cloth, string, nails
77 x 16 x 8 inches
2018
cloth, string, nails
77 x 16 x 8 inches
Exhibited at Lanford120, Melbourne, and Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Australia.
photo Jody Dole
photo Jody Dole


Untitled
2018
cloth, string, nails
67 x 28 x 7 inches
2018
cloth, string, nails
67 x 28 x 7 inches
Exhibited at Lanford120, Melbourne, and Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Australia. photo Jody Dolephoto Jody Dole


Ironed and cut cloth on painted wood plinths. ODETTA, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Ironed and cut cloth, painted pedestals.
2017
Ironed and cut cloth, painted pedestals.


Foreground: White Grass, cloth on white plinth, 20 x 72 x 48, cloth size variable. Background: Rain, 2017, cloth on white plinth 20 x 72 x 48 inches. ODETTA, Brooklyn, NY.
2017
2017


Black Garden 1 and 2
2016
Cloth, wood, string
ca. 58 x 48 and 48 x 48 inches
2016
Cloth, wood, string
ca. 58 x 48 and 48 x 48 inches
Installation at Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery
Photo: Bradley Olsen
Photo: Bradley Olsen


Stone and Black Garden 1 and 2
2016
Cloth, wood, string
2016
Cloth, wood, string
Installation at Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery
Photo: Bradley Olsen
Photo: Bradley Olsen


Black Garden 1 (detail with shadows)
2016
Cloth, wood, string
ca. 48 x 48 inches
2016
Cloth, wood, string
ca. 48 x 48 inches
Installation at Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery
Photo: Bradley Olsen
Photo: Bradley Olsen


Black flower I (formerly Untitled), Installation Schwarz, Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Cologne
2016
Cloth
1/4 x 72 x 35 inches
2016
Cloth
1/4 x 72 x 35 inches
Two narrow, randomly cut strips of black cotton cambric are laid across a large, carefully cut rectangle of the same material.


Black Flower II, in Fabrik, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia
2016
cloth
1/4 x 72 x 35 inches
2016
cloth
1/4 x 72 x 35 inches
Two narrow, randomly cut strips of black cotton cambric are laid across a large, carefully cut rectangle of the same material.
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