Sculpture with scissors at both ends, black and white hands clasping each other
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Title
It cuts both ways
Date
1998
Description

120 × 46 × 10 cm
“Referring to the balance between gender and races, the bold sculpture suggests that any potential movement of either pair of hands would activate both pairs equally.”
-Sarah Tanguy, curator, Tools as Art The Hechinger Collection (2002)

Medium
carved salvaged Huon pine, fabric, shears, paint
Tags
assemblage, equality, Mixed media, hands, garden shears, Fabric

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Mediums
  • carved salvaged Huon pine, fabric, shears, paint
  • Assemblage, metal and cloth
Tags
  • assemblage
  • equality
  • Mixed media
  • hands
  • garden shears
  • Fabric
  • assemblage
  • scissors
  • equality
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