- Artist/Maker:
- Elaine Reichek
- Bio:
- American, b. 1943
- Title:
- Sampler (E. R.)
- Portfolio/Series:
- A Postcolonial Kinderhood
- Date:
- 1993
- Medium:
- Embroidery on linen
- Dimensions:
- 15 × 10 1/2 in. (38.1 × 26.7 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Melva Bucksbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Shafran, and Joan Kaplan Gifts; Fine Arts Acquisitions Committee Fund; and Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Cheryl and Henry Welt, Paula Krulak, Toby Devan Lewis, and Henry Buhl Gifts
- Accession Number:
- 1997-195h
Not On View
"I used to fall asleep every night thinking of places to hide when the SS come. I never thought this was in the least bit strange. -ER"
In this selection from the large-scale installation A Postcolonial Kinderhood, Elaine Reichek uses domestic objects to evoke memories of childhood and home. In her hand-embroidered samplers, she employs the craft of sewing while incorporating terse and sometimes humorous quotations that confront her complex Jewish identity. Reichek imbues this historically female practice with a critical voice that such articles of domesticity traditionally suppressed.
In this selection from the large-scale installation A Postcolonial Kinderhood, Elaine Reichek uses domestic objects to evoke memories of childhood and home. In her hand-embroidered samplers, she employs the craft of sewing while incorporating terse and sometimes humorous quotations that confront her complex Jewish identity. Reichek imbues this historically female practice with a critical voice that such articles of domesticity traditionally suppressed.
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