Doll from the Strategies for Departure Project
Soft Sculpture
1998 (made)
1998 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Cecilia Mandrile uses her computer as a portable studio and, with her printer, she can work anywhere, from airport lounge to bus station. She left Argentina in her 20s and her lifestyle has been largely nomadic. Her work is inspired by the condition of itinerancy and the importance migrant people attach to photographs of family and friends – often the only material possessions they carry with them.
She keeps with her a troupe of dolls, which she has made by photographing her own face, manipulating the image on the computer, and digitally printing it onto a sheet of cloth. This she trims, stitches and stuffs to form a head, attaching found objects, which act as reminders of places in which she has stopped. She creates installations with these dolls in a variety of situations, which she often photographs. In one project she created a set of ‘ID’ cards – ‘ID’ meaning ‘Intensively Displaced’ not ‘Identity’. This head appears on one of them (see Museum nos. E.215-218-2005).
She keeps with her a troupe of dolls, which she has made by photographing her own face, manipulating the image on the computer, and digitally printing it onto a sheet of cloth. This she trims, stitches and stuffs to form a head, attaching found objects, which act as reminders of places in which she has stopped. She creates installations with these dolls in a variety of situations, which she often photographs. In one project she created a set of ‘ID’ cards – ‘ID’ meaning ‘Intensively Displaced’ not ‘Identity’. This head appears on one of them (see Museum nos. E.215-218-2005).
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Doll from the Strategies for Departure Project (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink-jet print on cotton cloth, thread, acrylic stuffing, and plaster moulding |
| Brief description | Doll made of stuffed linen or cotton cloth with a face printed on, by Cecilia Mandrile. 1998. |
| Physical description | Sculptural, 3-d form made of stitched cotton cloth bag stuffed with acrylic stuffing and then securely fastened. The cotton cloth has the image of a face printed on it, but the features are very blurred. On top of the 'head' is stitched a fragment of ornamentally carved wood. A kind of 'body' is formed from a smaller twist of stuffed cloth. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Copy number | unique object |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Cecilia Mandrile uses her computer as a portable studio and, with her printer, she can work anywhere, from airport lounge to bus station. She left Argentina in her 20s and her lifestyle has been largely nomadic. Her work is inspired by the condition of itinerancy and the importance migrant people attach to photographs of family and friends – often the only material possessions they carry with them. She keeps with her a troupe of dolls, which she has made by photographing her own face, manipulating the image on the computer, and digitally printing it onto a sheet of cloth. This she trims, stitches and stuffs to form a head, attaching found objects, which act as reminders of places in which she has stopped. She creates installations with these dolls in a variety of situations, which she often photographs. In one project she created a set of ‘ID’ cards – ‘ID’ meaning ‘Intensively Displaced’ not ‘Identity’. This head appears on one of them (see Museum nos. E.215-218-2005). |
| Associated objects | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.214:1-2005 |
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| Record created | December 8, 2005 |
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