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Jeffrey Gibson USA, b. 1972
BE WITCHED BOTHERED AND BE WILDERED, 2019Found canvas punching bag, glass beads, plastic beads, artificial sinew, steel studs, acrylic paint, steel chain68 x 20 x 20 in
172.7 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm7290Further images
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Jeffrey Gibson's Punching Bag series (2013—present) appropriates iconic Everlast punching bags as sculptural supports. Gibson transforms the bags with bead work, weaving, fringe, and other material interventions, forming abstract geometric...Jeffrey Gibson's Punching Bag series (2013—present) appropriates iconic Everlast punching bags as sculptural supports. Gibson transforms the bags with bead work, weaving, fringe, and other material interventions, forming abstract geometric compositions on their surfaces, interspersed with bits of text. It has been said that with the bags, Gibson "turns objectified targets for abuse into entities for admiration, conceptual symbols of beauty and complexity."
Exhibitions
2019 Can You Feel it, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL -
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