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Lynne Yamamoto: Selected Work (1997)
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

Materials:

Ringaroundarosie. 1997. 14.5'w x 3'h x 2'd. Starched shirt sleeves, cigarette burns.

Submissions. For Chiyo. 1995. 8'w x 5'h x 2"d. Artist's hair stitched into muslin at 9 stitches (September 9 is the date of Chiyo's death) per square, straight pins, photograph, dates.

Grandmother's Hands. 1997. 10'w x 7'h. Digital photograph.

Detail from the installation Absent.  1992-95.  Dimensions variable. Ceiling-height hair fall.

Detail from Untitled, from the installation Wash Closet. 1993. Total dimensions: 12'w x .5"h x 3"d. Cut nails, paper. 280 nails at Chiyo's height of 4'7".

C. 1995-97. 13.5"w x 17.5"h x 1.5"d. Naruten (a Japanese ornamental bush) leaves from Hawai'i.

Wrung. 1992. 13"w x 42"l x 5"d. Wringer, synthetic hair, nails, string.

Plantation Green. 1996. 13"w x 13"h x 3"d. Green paint, synthetic hair.

Untitled, by Danny Larino. 30"w x 48"l x 5"d. Burlap sack, potatoes, steel sheets, photographs.

Come on, Ma by Ismaris Molina. 36"l x 28"w x 8"d. Suitcase, photographs, blankets made by the artist's mother for her children.

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