Object Details
- Artist
- Laurel Roth Hope, born Concord, CA 1973
- Exhibition Label
- Hope uses humor to address the serious subject of species extinction in her Biodiversity Reclamation Suits. These suits allow common rock pigeons to masquerade as extinct North American birds -- if not actually to "reclaim" biodiversity, then at least to give the appearance of it. One can't help but smile, imagining these birds clad in their bright, borrowed feathers roaming our city streets, even as we note that the damage we do to our environment cannot always be undone.
- Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joyce Schwartz in honor of Judith S. Weisman, museum purchase, and museum purchase from friends of the Renwick Gallery
- Copyright
- © 2009, Laurel Roth Hope
- 2009
- Object number
- 2013.76.2A-B
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Crafts
- Medium
- suit: cotton, silk, bamboo, wool, and acrylic blended yarn mannequin: basswood, acrylic paint, gouache, glass, pewter, and walnut
- Dimensions
- 9 x 8 x 13 in. (22.9 x 20.3 x 33 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\bird\parrot
- Record ID
- saam_2013.76.2A-B
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e3ef20ca-9834-4928-99f1-90236fc0f5ad
