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Portraits excerpted from Laughing Stock (2006). Clockwise from top left: Chris Rock, Bill Murray, David Letterman, Jon Stewart, Sandra Bernhard, Eddie Murphy, Lenny Bruce, Jim Carrey, Wanda Sykes, Margaret Cho, Steve Martin, Whoopi Goldberg. Center portraits clockwise from top left: George Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton Wincing. All portraits cotton, thread, 13" x 13," except for George Bush and Dick Cheney, which are 16" x 16." |
French Kiss: Marcel Duchamp (2006). Cotton, thread. 13" x 13." |
French Kiss: Jean-Luc Godard (2006). Cotton, thead. 13" x 13." |
French Kiss: Isbelle Huppert (2006). Cotton, thread. 13" x 13." |
French Kiss: Jean-Paul Gaultier (2006). Cotton, thread. 13" x 13." |
Behind George Washington (2005). Cotton, thread. 22" x 20." |
Behind Martha Stewart (2006). Cotton, thread. 22" x 20." |
Behind Van Gogh (2006). Cotton, thread. 22" x 20." |
Behind Donald Trump (2006). Cotton, thread. 22" x 20." |
Present Tense (2004). Cotton, thread. 52" x 66." |
Flower Power (2005). Cotton, thread. 26" x 26." |
Bloodroot (2005). Cotton, thread. 19" x 24." |
Alicia In (2002). Cotton, thread on cotton pillowcase. 25" x 31 1/2." |
Speak No...(2004). Cotton, thread. 52" x 66." |
Addicted to Love (Poppies). (2005). Cotton, silk, thread. 29" x 22." |
Billy the Pig (2008). Cotton, thread. 14" x 14." |
Leap Frog (2008). Cotton, thread. 16" x 16." |
Presidential Penguins (2008). Cotton, thread. 16" x 16." |
Latin Songbirds (2008). Cotton, thread. 16" x 16." |
Listen (2006). Cotton, thread. 20" x 20." |
Plant Therapy: Narcissist (2007). Cotton, thread. 19" x 15." |
Plant Therapy: Bipolar (2007) Cotton, thread. 19" x 15." |
Look (2006). Cotton, thread. 20" x 20." |
Plant Therapy: Pyromaniac (2007). Cotton, thread. 19" x 15." |
Gordon Ramsey and Imelda Marcos. Detail from Servitude (2008). Cotton, thread, 18" tall lamps. |
Leona Helmsley and The Sabhnanis. Detail from Servitude (2008). Cotton, thread, 18" tall lamps. |
Mary Boone and Strom Thurmond. Detail from Servitude (2008). Cotton, thread, 18" tall lamps. |
Omar Al-Bashir (Sudan). Detail from Garden Party (2007). Cotton, thread, 18" tall lamps. |
Francois Duvalier (Haiti). Detail from Garden Party (2007). Cotton, thread, 18" tall lamps. |
Courtney Ross and Naomi Campbell. Detail from Servitude (2008). Cotton, thread, 18" tall lamps |
Ariel Sharon (Israel). Detail from Garden Party (2007). Cotton, thread, 18" tall lamps. |
Meles Zenawi (Ethiopia). Detail from Garden Party (2007). Cotton, thread, 18" tall lamps. |