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Jewish Comfort and Wandering
Partial installation view, dimensions variable, installation addressing identity, using ethnic foods and 1950s American foods juxtaposed to tell personal history, 1995-2001

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  • Comfort & Wandering
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  • Anti-Semitism
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Jewish Comfort and Wandering
Partial installation view, dimensions variable, installation addressing identity, using ethnic foods and 1950s American foods juxtaposed to tell personal history, 1995-2001

 

Comfort
Matzoh, paper, text, plastic, 18"x 16"x4", 1995

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Comfort
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No Wonder
mirror, wood, white bread, 48"x20"x2", 1993

 

Spiritual Sustenance
iron pan, mirror, wax candle, text, 18"x 7"x 4", 1995

 

Say Cheese
mirror, wood, plexi-glass processed cheese-food, metal, 40"x 16"x 4", 1993

 

Do the Right Thing (or the Alef/Bet of Perfect Blintzes)
mirror, wood, rolling pin, plastic spoons, acrylic paint, waxed paper, flour, 30"x17"x4", 1995

 

Whitener
mirror, wood, plexi-glass, latex nipples, 30"x 16"x 3", 1993

 

Transfusion
mirror, wood, acrylic, scientific glass, beets, borsht, plastic spoon, 28"x 7"x 9", 1995

 

In Heaven
x-ray, mirror, wood, acrylic, matzo balls, glass jar, magnifying glass, text, 24"x 18"x 4", 1995

 

Traditional Medicine
various kosher food products, glass vitrine, dimensions variable, 1995

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Traditional Medicine
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Recipe Exchange
plastic recipe boxes, interactive cross-cultural recipe exchange, dimensions variable, 1995