Neckpiece 48.188

Tina Fung Holder, Neckpiece 48.188, 1988, lacquered metal safety pins and glass beads on crocheted cotton thread, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 1994.19.5

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Tina Fung Holder says her work with safety pins began after she bought a bag of them for their “cuteness” and was struck by their potential. She considers the individual pins modules of a greater system that she continually reinvents. “I focused my energy into elevating that everyday safety pin . . . to give it stature,” she says. “In other words, I decided to utilize the form rather than the function.”

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Neckpiece 48.188

Artist

Tina Fung Holder

Date

1988

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