COLLECTION NAME:
Artist Book: Dirtylaundry
Record
Work Record ID:
2492759_14
Work Title:
Dirtylaundry : a clothesline of little essays on family from a lady's perspective
Work Material:
Found and altered objects include 2 shoes, 1 apron, 3 gloves, 2 items of lingerie
Work Technique:
Acetone and heat transferred photographs and text
Work Creator Name:
McInturff, Ceci Cole.
Work Display Date:
c2011
Work Location:
Fairfax (independent city) is listed in the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names at http://www.getty.ed…
Work Repository:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives.
Work Subject:
Families in art.
Work Subject:
Mothers in art.
Work Subject:
Children in art.
Work Description:
"'Dirty laundry' is a sculptural box containing little essays on aspects of lives lived, feelings felt and things attempted in contemporary family life. Ultimately, there is no dirty laundry, just realities needing to be adjusted to. Karmically, it all comes out in the wash." -- Ceci Cole McInturff.
Work Description:
Volume 1 contains photos of some of the items inside the tower and an account of the thoughts that go through the author's mind while folding laundry. Volume 2 is divided into nine sections with the running title 'Lessons for the children'. The tower is white and is made of cast resin, book board, paper and wood. It has two doors that open at the bottom and two small windows near the top of the tower. The two books are kept behind one of the doors. A braid made from white string hangs from one of the windows. The tower has a removable roof that is topped by a white apple from which a slice is missing. Several pieces of clothing - a lace apron, a white handkerchief, a bra, lace women's underwear, three white gloves, a white baby shoe and half a woman's high heeled white shoe - are stored inside the tower. Black and white images and text cover some of the fabric. The missing slice of the apple from the roof of the tower is bright red and is stored among the shoes and the pieces of clothing.
Work Description:
"Mixed media with found and altered artifacts; acetone- and heat-transferred text and images; original essays and images in hand-bound volumes behind front door; other excerpts from 'Quotable women' (1989)> Running Press> Philadelphia> Pa. -- from Colophon inside lady's shoe."
Work Rights Statement:
All rights are retained by the creator(s) of the work.
