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Maker(s):Porter, Liliana
Culture:Argentinian, active in the United States (1941- )
Title:Still Life #1
Date Made:1970
Type:Print; Collage
Materials:etching and yarn
Measurements:sheet: 21 in x 24 13/16 in; 53.3 cm x 63.0 cm; plate: 12 3/4 in x 17 3/4 in; 32.4 cm x 45.1 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1994.541
Credit Line:Gift of Rowell A. Schleicher (Class of 1921) and Susan T. Schleicher
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
In her work, Porter explores the subtlety of paradoxes. She once said, “I am interested in the simultaneity of humor and distress, banality and the possibility of meaning.” Often positioned against a white background, her subjects seem in focus and alienated at the same time, drawing in the viewer while simultaneously rejecting any reading. Here, by weaving a piece of yarn into the paper, she cleverly brings to life unidentifiable inanimate objects.

GM, 2019

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