Lesley Turner

Lesley Turner

Victoria, BC

Lesley Turner has a full time art practice and exhibits across Canada, and the USA. She stitches textiles by hand and machine.

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Laundry Mantra: Close All Zippers by Lesley Turner Image: Lesley Turner, 'Laundry Mantra: Close all Zippers', 2021, 36" x 36". Vintage cotton domestic linens, buttons, zippers, metal snaps, polyester thread. To launder became a universal task when humans started wearing clothes yet it has always been a highly gendered activity with misogynistic demands for spotlessly clean and mended results.
Lesley Turner, 'Laundry Mantra: Close all Zippers', 2021, 36" x 36". Vintage cotton domestic linens, buttons, zippers, metal snaps, polyester thread. To launder became a universal task when humans started wearing clothes yet it has always been a highly gendered activity with misogynistic demands for spotlessly clean and mended results.

Laundry Mantra: Close All Zippers

  • Vintage hand embroidered domestic linens embellished with metal snaps, plastic buttons and zippers
  • 36 x 36 x 0.5 in
  • C$225
  • Lesley Turner
  • Available
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To launder became a universal task when humans started wearing clothes yet it has always been a highly gendered activity with misogynistic demands for spotlessly clean and mended results.

  • Subject Matter: Launder
  • Collections: Launder

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