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    KING COBRA (Doreen Lynette Garner)
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    • The Observatory
      2014
      1 hour performance in which the artist displays herself as specimen inside a vitrine filled with stuffed condoms and hair

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Neo (Plasm)
      2015
      Glass, polyester fiber, Swarovski crystals, condoms, hair weave, pearls, glitter, polyurethane, urethane plastic, beads, petroleum jelly, hair ballies, zip ties, epoxy putty
      24 × 24 × 36 inches

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Pickled Pearl
      2015
      Glass, Swarovski crystals, Swarovski pearls, baking bundts, silicone, brass pipe, plumbing tube, hair weave
      60 × 12 × 12 inches

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Big Pussy
      2015
      Glass, polyester fiber, Swarovski crystals, Swarovski pearls, hair weave, teddy bear eyes, silicone, electrical parts, condoms, latex tubing, acrylic dentures, rubber gloves, glitter, brass screws
      24 × 16 × 16 inches

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Untitled (Bondage)
      Detail
      2016
      Silicone, lace, hair weave, gold chains, Swarovski crystals, twine, surgical table
      30 × 30 × 60 inches

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Vesico Vaginal Fistula (Interior)
      2016
      Silicone, wire, hair weave
      22 × 14 inches

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Untitled (Strange Fruit)
      2016
      Silicone, dressmaker pins, hair weave, surgical instruments, twine
      20 × 11 × 15 inches

      Courtesy of the artist

    • A Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Who Would Never Dance Again (A White Man in Pursuit of the Pedestal)
      2017
      Silicone, pearls, Swarovski crystals, glass beads, fiberglass insulation, expandable foam
      60 × 30 × 30 inches

      Courtesy of the artist

    • White Man on a Pedestal
      Installation view: Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
      2017

      Courtesy of the artist and Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

    • Rack of Those Ravaged and Unconsenting
      Installation view: Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
      2017
      Silicone, insulation foam, glass beads, fiberglass insulation, steel meat hooks, steel pins, pearls
      8 × 8 × 8 feet

      Courtesy of the artist and Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

    • Birthing Instruments, curated by the Mutter Museum
      Installation view: Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
      2017

      Courtesy of the artist and Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

    • Poneros
      Installation view: Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
      2017
      Foam, blood-tinted polyurethane
      48 × 48 × 216.5 inches

      Courtesy of the artist and Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

    • Purge
      2017
      Performance
      Staged in conjunction with the exhibition "White Man on a Pedestal" at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Purge
      2017
      Performance
      Staged in conjunction with the exhibition "White Man on a Pedestal" at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Purge
      2017
      Performance
      Staged in conjunction with the exhibition "White Man on a Pedestal" at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Purge
      2017
      Performance
      Staged in conjunction with the exhibition "White Man on a Pedestal" at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

      Courtesy of the artist

    • Purge
      2017
      Performance
      Staged in conjunction with the exhibition "White Man on a Pedestal" at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

      Courtesy of the artist

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