embroideries

Christa Maiwald
Embroideries
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Portraits excerpted from Laughing Stock (2006). Clockwise from top left: Chris Rock, Bill Murray, David Letterman, Jon
Stewart, Sandra Bernhard, Eddie Murphy, Lenny Bruce, Jim Carrey, Wanda Sykes, Margaret Cho, Steve Martin, Whoopi
Goldberg. Center portraits clockwise from top left: George Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Bill Clinton, Hillary
Clinton Wincing. All portraits cotton, thread, 13" x 13," except for George Bush and Dick Cheney, which are 16" x 16."

French Kiss: Marcel
Duchamp (2006). Cotton,
thread. 13" x 13."

French Kiss: Jean-Luc
Godard (2006). Cotton,
thead. 13" x 13."

French Kiss: Isbelle
Huppert (2006). Cotton,
thread. 13" x 13."

French Kiss: Jean-Paul
Gaultier (2006). Cotton,
thread. 13" x 13."

Behind George Washington
(2005). Cotton, thread.
22" x 20."

Behind Martha Stewart
(2006). Cotton, thread.
22" x 20."

Behind Van Gogh (2006).
Cotton, thread.
22" x 20."

Behind Donald Trump
(2006). Cotton, thread.
22" x 20."

Present Tense (2004). Cotton,
thread. 52" x 66."

Flower Power (2005).
Cotton, thread. 26" x 26."

Bloodroot (2005). Cotton,
thread. 19" x 24."

Alicia In (2002). Cotton, thread on cotton
pillowcase. 25" x 31 1/2."

Speak No...(2004). Cotton,
thread. 52" x 66."

Addicted to Love (Poppies).
(2005). Cotton, silk, thread.
29" x 22."

Billy the Pig (2008).
Cotton, thread.
14" x 14."

Leap Frog (2008). Cotton,
thread. 16" x 16."

Presidential Penguins
(2008). Cotton, thread.
16" x 16."

Latin Songbirds (2008).
Cotton, thread.
16" x 16."

Listen (2006). Cotton,
thread. 20" x 20."

Plant Therapy:
Narcissist (2007).
Cotton, thread.
19" x 15."

Plant Therapy:
Bipolar (2007)
Cotton, thread.
19" x 15."

Look (2006). Cotton,
thread. 20" x 20."

Plant Therapy:
Pyromaniac (2007).
Cotton, thread.
19" x 15."

Gordon Ramsey and
Imelda Marcos. Detail from
Servitude (2008). Cotton,
thread, 18" tall lamps.

Leona Helmsley and The
Sabhnanis. Detail from
Servitude (2008). Cotton,
thread, 18" tall lamps.

Mary Boone and Strom
Thurmond. Detail from
Servitude (2008). Cotton,
thread, 18" tall lamps.

Omar Al-Bashir (Sudan).
Detail from Garden Party
(2007). Cotton, thread,
18" tall lamps.

Francois Duvalier
(Haiti). Detail from
Garden Party (2007).
Cotton, thread, 18" tall
lamps.

Courtney Ross and Naomi
Campbell. Detail from
Servitude (2008). Cotton,
thread, 18" tall lamps

Ariel Sharon (Israel).
Detail from Garden
Party (2007). Cotton,
thread, 18" tall lamps.

Meles Zenawi (Ethiopia).
Detail from Garden Party
(2007). Cotton, thread,
18" tall lamps.