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.”
- Title
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Neckpiece 48.188
- Artist
- Date
- 1988
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 15 x 14 x 1⁄4 in. (38.2 x 35.6 x .6 cm.)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of the James Renwick Alliance
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- lacquered metal safety pins and glass beads on crocheted cotton thread
- Classifications
- Object Number
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1994.19.5
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
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