Family: a book

This book is housed in a wooden box with a front door which opens to reveal a collection of household utensils used as portraits of individual family members. On alternating pages these objects are layered over definitions of the roles to which the family members are predestined. The book investigates the idea of the family unit as a tool of socialization; creating and perpetuating gender stereotypes. The images explore our place and role within our families and beyond.

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Walker Art Center, Cerritos Public Library, University of Kentucky, Atlanta College of Art, Otis College of Art and Design, Newberry Library, Wake Forest University, Messiah College, Beverly Hills Public Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Newark Public Library, Yale University, University of Delaware, University of Wisconsin (Madison), DePaul University, University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art (San Diego), Smith College, Rhode Island School of Design, Hartwick College, Library Association of La Jolla, Columbia College (Chicago), Wheaton College, University of Utah, James Madison University, Hollins University Wyndham Robertson Library, Queens College, Cleveland Institute of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Smith Reynolds Library, Cerritos Library, Duke University, The Newberry Library, Getty Research Institute for History of Art & Humanities, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Francisco Modern Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, Otis College of Art & Design, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Memphis College of Art, The New York Public Library, George Mason University, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis-IUPUI, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Denison University Library, Library of Congress, University of Texas at Austin, University of Oregon - Knight Library

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Metadata

Title:

Family: a book

Other titles:

Fam-i-ly

Date of publication:

1994

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Other publishing info:

Printed at Bread & Bone Books Studio (New York)

Subjects:

Family, Sex role

Dimensions:

18 x 38 cm. folded to 18 x 6 cm.

Number in edition:

100

Paging:

1 folded strip ([7] leaves)

Paper:

Guttenburg Laid

Printing method:

Silkscreen

Binding:

Bound in a wooden box with ribbon pull tab

Structure:

Throw out accordion

Funding source:

New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Women's Studio Workshop

Signature:

Signed by the artist

Printer:

Rita MacDonald

Other notes:

Verso of box is stamped with dictionary entry for Family