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Outbursts 3 & 4

Shelly Goldsmith

Dimensions
85cm x 80cm x 44cm

The development of a previous piece Outbursts 1 & 2, this piece is situated in the bedroom of Sir John Soanes at Pitzhanger Manor. Cotton cordon tapes 'preserve' sites of importance on the stained cloth of a reclaimed dress. The cordon tape no longer reads 'POLICE KEEP OUT', but presents hand stitched excerpts from the imagined memories and experience imbued in the cloth of the worn dress.

Shelly Goldsmith

Shelly Goldsmith

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