Study: Stud Wall Prop for Suffrage and Glory

A yellow latex and leather sash with ruffles and corseted latex cord drape over a model wood stud wall.  A small mirror mounted between two studs is a puncturated by a hole lined with rubber tubing.
A close-up of a wood model stud wall with the ends of a yellow latex leather sash with ruffles and corseted latex cord drapped over it.
A close-up of a wood model stud wall with the ends of a yellow latex leather sash with ruffles and corseted latex cord drapped over it.

In this work an exposed, model stud wall is mounted to the pristine surface of a gallery wall.   A mirror mounted to two upright beams reflects the frame of the viewer, creating an image that is punctured only by a cross-section of thick rubber tubing.  Draped over the stud wall at shoulder height, a latex and leather sash with ruffles and corseted latex cord operates as a visual come-on, inviting viewers closer to inspect its surface.
poplar, mirrored acrylic, rubber, latex, leather
36” h x 48” w x 2” d
2014