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These Three

2006

American, born 1975

These six paintings are from an installation that the Los Angeles-based artist Chris Lipomi installed at Art Basel Miami in December 2006. Comprised of various mask imagery-African to comic book hero-the oil on mirror works are intended to be interactive, with the viewer able to "try on" these disguises. The work is also part of a broader series of recent sculptures, paintings, and installations that investigate the intersections of non-Western artforms and decoration that coopts them. Thus, there is an element of a bad interior design scheme gone wrong in some of Lipomi's works, while there is also an acknowledgment of the power of fantasies surrounding the "exotic."

Oil paint on mirror with wooden cleat

30 x 46 1/4 in. (76.2 x 117.5cm)

Gift of Rebecca and Alexander Stewart, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2007.71

Provenance: Daniel Hug Gallery

Not currently on view

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Exhibition HistoryMiami, Florida, Art Basel Miami in December 2006

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