Exhibition Tour / Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing Sat, Aug 3, 2024, 12:30 pm

Exhibition Tour
Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better than the Real Thing

Sat, Aug 3, 2024
12:30 pm

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

ektor garcia, teotihuacan, 2018. Welded steel, waxed thread, cotton, bone crochet hook, upholstery needle, spur, welded frame, crochet white lace, and loose parts embedded attached to lace, 77 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 9 3/4in. (196.9 × 80 × 24.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Avo Samuelian and Hector Manuel Gonzalez 2022.163. ©️ ektor Garcia

A sturdy welded frame holds delicate crochet white lace threaded between the bars, with tools of the craft like upholstery needle and crochet hook hanging from it, with a spool of thread still attached sitting on the floor nearby.

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