Commemorative Toile
Wallpaper
1992 (produced)
1992 (produced)
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Work by the American Renée Green (born 1959) is difficult to categorise, but the term 'de-coding culture' is one that could be applied to many of her installations. She investigates the way history has been created, often seeking to subvert conventional interpretations. In Taste Venue she discreetly exchanges popular decorative images found in a typical 18th-century Rococo patterned wallpaper with images that reflect the harsh circumstances of African slaves of that time who were forced to live and work in the colonies established by Europeans and Americans. Her alternative versions open up new possibilites of historical truth and morality.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Screenprint, in red ink, on cloth pasted to paper |
| Brief description | Wall covering for the installation 'Taste Venue' |
| Physical description | screen print in red ink on cloth pasted to paper support resembling French Rococo wallpaper |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Production | This wallcovering was first produced at the Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, in 1992. The work was not given a title by the artist when exhibited as part of the installation 'Taste Venue' first shown in the Pat Hearne Gallery, New York, in 1994. It has subsequently been exhibited as 'Commemorative Toile'. It is still being produced and used for different exhibitions. |
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| Literary reference | Ourika by Clair du Duras (1778-1828) published 1823 |
| Summary | Work by the American Renée Green (born 1959) is difficult to categorise, but the term 'de-coding culture' is one that could be applied to many of her installations. She investigates the way history has been created, often seeking to subvert conventional interpretations. In Taste Venue she discreetly exchanges popular decorative images found in a typical 18th-century Rococo patterned wallpaper with images that reflect the harsh circumstances of African slaves of that time who were forced to live and work in the colonies established by Europeans and Americans. Her alternative versions open up new possibilites of historical truth and morality. |
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| Accession number | E.2320-1997 |
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| Record created | December 6, 2002 |
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