Artist:
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Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
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Title:
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Coat of Invocation
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Date:
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2011
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Medium:
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Mixed media with handmade paper (mulberry fibers, commercial envelopes, cotton thread, matte medium, acrylics, Rit® dye, Japanese green tea)
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Dimensions:
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31 x 45 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (78.74 x 114.94 x 3.81 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Anonymous gift
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Location:
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Gallery 280
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Coat of Invocation demonstrates the artist's interest in the protective powers of skillfully made garments that incorporate unconventional materials. In this case, she has constructed a coat intended to be worn by a loved one negotiating cancer. She created the piece out of commercially made envelopes, which she dyed, stained and painted. The style of the coat follows the pattern of a Japanese happi coat, and the artist also draws on the Shinto tradition of making written requests to a higher power, as each envelope contains a wish for the relative's recovery. The soft golden and brown tones of the coat's exterior, combined with the red interior, give a sense of warmth and bodily presence to the coat, calling to mind the person for which it was made.
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Rasmussen, Erica Spitzer
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Life Dates:
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American, born 1968
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Textiles
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Physical Description:
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open coat covered with small envelopes on all outer surfaces; yellow placket with dark red paper lining
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Creation Place:
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North America, United States, , ,
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Accession #:
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2013.7
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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