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  • Cornelia Parker, Us, Them, 2019

    Cornelia Parker

    Us, Them, 2019
    Hand embroidered on linen by prisoners in HM jails, in collaboration with Fine Cell Work
    86.8 x 86.8 x 7 cm (framed)
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    Us, Them is an embroidery of two opposing dictionary definitions on either side of a single piece of linen. The words have been sewn as mirror writing on both sides,...
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    Us, Them is an embroidery of two opposing dictionary definitions on either side of a single piece of linen. The words have been sewn as mirror writing on both sides, so the definitions are face to face within the fabric. Therefore, the viewer has to read the underside of one meaning as it appears simultaneously underneath the opposing meaning, which has to be read in reverse. The text itself has been stitched in HM prisons under the supervision of Fine Cell Work, a social enterprise that trains prisoners in paid, skilled, creative needlework to foster hope, discipline and self-esteem.

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