Damaged
Goods
Book collection, bookshelf
75" x 12" x 4"
[The sculpture Damaged Goods is
inspired by the seminal 1986 "Damaged Goods" exhibition on
appropriation which took place at the New Museum in New York. In
researching curator Brian Wallis' exhibition catalog online, I
discovered a preponderance of romance novels sharing the same title as
his book and exhibition. Invariably the novels' cover designs
featured a woman, usually naked or semi-clad, as the eponymous damaged
good. The shelf above displays a selected of 13 of these books
from my growing collection. Details of selected covers here.]