Dimensions: variable (the dimensions may vary depending on the installation) | Medidas: variáveis (as dimensões variam conforme a instalação).
Shown at Central Hall Gallery, New York, USA (1985) | Exposta na Central Hall Gallery, New York, EUA (1985).
Shown at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, USA (Exhibition "The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s", May 12 - August 19, 1990) | Exposta no Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, Nova York, EUA (Exposição "The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s", 12 de maio - 19 de agosto, 1990).
The installation in the shape of a traditional catholic altar. The central image of the Virgin Mary is substituted with the figure of a working woman. The stitch used in fishing nets, one of the Brazilian embroideries made only by men, is appropriated to weave the various fragments that compose the work.
- Created: 1985
- Inventory Number: 0393
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