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Animal sculptures wrapped in five-needle lace, handmade cotton crochet webbing by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. The animals are reproductions of oversized ceramic pieces by the 19th century Portuguese artisan Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846-1905).

The idea being to one-up the works with an overlay of feminine domesticity, radicalising preconceived notions of modernism, tradition and motherhood.

Where is your God now?

And we’re done here.

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3 thoughts on “Mummified

  1. singing detective

    One day I just want to see the artist describe their work along the lines of ‘I did it ’cause it looked sort of nice’.

  2. Clampers Outside!

    “The idea being to one-up the works with an overlay of feminine domesticity, radicalising preconceived notions of modernism, tradition and motherhood”

    Will ya go an’ shite.

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