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
Bush (2005).
Cotton, thread.
22" x 20."

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

Behind Bill Clinton
(2005). Cotton,
thread. 22" x 20."

Behind Billy (the
Kid). (2005).
Cotton, thread.
22" x 20."

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

Behind Marie Antoinette
(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."

Installation view: Olivier Houg Galerie,
Lyon, France, June 2006.

Installation view: Olivier Houg Galerie,
Lyon, France, June 2006.

Up All Night (2005). Installation of 42 hand-
embroidered pillows at FIAC, Paris. 112" x 96."

Sleepover (2003). Installation at Lulea
(Sweden) 2003 Summer Biennial.
Embroideries, photographs, video, furniture.