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Date2005
Maker
Gabriel Kuri
Mexican, born 1970
Label TextKuri is a master of slippery meanings and the quizzical use of common materials. Here, the format of painting is conjured by the silvery emergency blankets and sticks, but they also read as strange protest banners whose message is comprised of the reflections gathered from their surroundings. But what to make of the functional potential of the blankets? To whom and for what might they provide comfort and protection?
Object number2008.44
Photo CreditPhoto: Nathaniel Willson
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, "the New Museum, Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century", December 1, 2007- March 30, 2008Credit LineGift of the Contemporary Collectors Forum
DimensionsDimensions variable, maximum Height: 106 in. (269.2 cm)
MediumEmergency blankets, tape, wooden sticks
Marie Watt
2007
Object number: 2007.41
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
early 20th century
Object number: 2017.25
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