Christa Maiwald |
Garden Party (2007), an installation at the Museum of Arts & Design of thirteen portrait lamps of ruthless world leaders, past and present. From the exhibition Pricked: Extreme Embroidery. |
Servitude (2008), an installation of eleven portrait lamps of employers who have overstepped the bounds of propriety. |
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Musical Chairs: Economic Crisis in G-Minor (2009), an installation of thirteen children's chairs whose cushions are embroidered with portraits of financial “geniuses” who have played leading roles in the ruination of the economy not only of the United States but much of the world. |
Details from Blue Chip (2009-2011), hand-embroidered portraits of fifty artists who are, or have been, internationally recognized as important artists and, in most cases, financially successful. |
Installation views of my exhibition at Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, Christa Maiwald: Short Stories and Other Embroideries, October 26, 2013 through January 5, 2014. Photos by Gary Mamay |