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Work Type:installation
Date of work:1994
Materials:medium: broom covered in silk

Measurements:height: 132 cm

width: 30 cm

Style Period:contemporary art
Subject:object, broom, fabric, gender, class
Collection:New Contemporaries
Description:
'Anita Ronke employs two objects both associated with women but are in a sense icons of different social standings. She has tailored a cover for an ordinary domestic broom from an exclusive Hermes silk scarf; the poles between the two sides of the same coin are exaggerated with knowing wit.'
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Source:Swenson, I., “BT New Contemporaries”, exhibition guide, 1994
Date of source:1994