Our Destruction
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Object Details
- Artist
- Carla Hemlock, born Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada 1961
- Exhibition Label
- Inside this vibrant scene of beaded flowers, vines, birds, and dragonflies is a pair of sequined ruby-red slippers identical to the ones worn by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. The toe of one slipper reads “tic” and the other “toc.” The “tic toc” warning repeats, echoing in each corner.
- Despite its outward beauty, Our Destruction speaks to the current state of the planet and global climate change. On the textile’s reverse, the artist writes, “Our Natural world is an environmental ticking time bomb on the eve of destruction. Time is running out. Our inaction will soon redefine those Ruby Red Slippers to symbolize ‘No Place to Call Home.’” The work is a harbinger of what humans cannot lose—Our Heart, Our Home, Our Soul.
- This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp Acquisition Fund
- Copyright
- © 2020, Carla Goodleaf Hemlock
- 2019
- Object number
- 2021.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Fiber
- Crafts
- Medium
- wool stroud cloth, wool, glass beads, crystals, sequins
- Dimensions
- overall: 30 × 34 in. (76.2 × 86.4 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Renwick Gallery, 2nd Floor, Room 207
- Renwick Gallery, 2nd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Indian
- Record ID
- saam_2021.10
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7528190c2-6342-49de-a7d5-9467906c36b9
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