About this artwork
Livingstone’s felt sculptures are the result of a laborious creative process. the felt is not molded, as hats are, but is pieced together and stitched; there is no internal structure or support. the form is suspended in a wooden exoskeleton, then pulled, weighted, and soaked in epoxy resins, which harden. The surface is subsequently sanded, pigmented, and worked until a beautiful, leather-like patina develops.
—A Global View: Recent Acquisitions of Textiles, 2012-2016, April 8-September 5, 2016, Galleries 57-59
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- Joan E. Livingstone
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Title
- Spew
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Place
- United States (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1995
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Medium
- Felt, suture thread, epoxy resin, pigment, varnish
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Dimensions
- 101.6 × 114.3 × 22.9 cm (40 × 45 × 9 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Joan Livingstone
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Reference Number
- 2016.81
Extended information about this artwork
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