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    Artwork Survey: 1990s

    Mel Chin
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    • "Revival Field," schematic drawing,
      1990
      Graphite, ink and photocopied images on rag board,
      24 × 36 inches

      Courtesy the Artist

    • "Revival Field,"
      Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota
      1991
      Plants, and industrial fencing on a hazardous waste landfill,
      approximately 60 × 60 × 9 feet

      Courtesy the Artist

    • "Revival Field,"
      Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota
      1991
      Plants, and industrial fencing on a hazardous waste landfill,
      approximately 60 × 60 × 9 feet

      Courtesy the Artist

    • "Revival Field,"
      Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota
      1991
      Photo documentation of the first harvest on a State Priority Superfund Site

      Courtesy the Artist

    • "RU 486 Quilt,"
      1996
      Appliqué on cotton fabric,
      62 × 53 inches

      Photo by Paula Goldman

      Courtesy the GALA Committee

    • "Melrose Place/GALA Committee,"
      Kyle and Amanda on a date at "In the Name of the Place" exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
      1997
      production still,

      Photo by Paula Goldman

      Courtesy the GALA Committee

    • "Melrose Place/GALA Committee,"
      Kyle and Amanda on a date at "In the Name of the Place" exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Mel Chin and set decorator Deborah Siegel are in the foreground.
      1997
      production still,

      Photo by Paula Goldman

      Courtesy the GALA Committee

    • "KNOWMAD,"
      1999
      digital still,

      Collaboration with the KNOWMAD Confederacy. The images and motifs used in "KNOWMAD" were taken directly from weavings by nomadic peoples of Iran, the Caucuses, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, and Anatolia (in present-day Turkey)

    • "KNOWMAD,"
      1999
      Interactive video installation with Playstation, vintage carpets and fabric tent,
      dimensions variable

      Collaboration with the KNOWMAD Confederacy

      Courtesy Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York

    • "KNOWMAD,"
      1999
      digital stills,

      Collaboration with the KNOWMAD Confederacy. The images and motifs used in "KNOWMAD" were taken directly from weavings by nomadic peoples of Iran, the Caucuses, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, and Anatolia (in present-day Turkey)

      Courtesy the KNOWMAD Confederacy

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