Love (Pyramid)

2008/2024

Not on view

Maren Hassinger, who was trained in dance before studying fiber arts at UCLA, often incorporates performance in her sculptural work. Each of the hundreds of pink plastic bags that comprise her exuberant installation Love (Pyramid) contains a one-word "love" note. Part of a series of accumulations of bagged human breath arranged in different shapes, the pyramidal form of this work adds an evanescent memorial dimension.

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Title: Love (Pyramid)
Artist: Maren Hassinger (American, born Los Angeles, California, 1947)
Date: 2008/2024
Medium: Pink plastic bags filled with air, breath, love notes, and steelhead pushpins
Dimensions: Dimensions variable
Classifications: Sculpture-Conceptual Art, Installations
Credit Line: Purchase, The Ford Foundation Gift, 2024
Object Number: 2024.420
Rights and Reproduction: © Maren Hassinger
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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