Work

Wall text courtesy of Matt Bollinger.

"Part of an Object from the Linsky Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (repainted with restored molding and installed on a wooden platform)"

2008

oil on prefabricated wooden door

78 x 36 inches

Installation of "Object from the Linsky Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (hung several feet above my head at an angle parallel to my neck)" AND "Wallpaper from the Dining Room at Arbor Lodge in Nebraska City, NE."

Installation of "Wallpaper from the Dining Room at Arbor Lodge in Nebraska City, NE"

2008, oil on paper, variable dimensions

AND

"The Security Television from the Foyer at Arbor Lodge in Nebraska City, NE (with active cameras in the China Room, the entrance, the Foyer, the Red Parlor, the Reception Room, the Study, the main staircase, the second floor hallway, the third floor hallway, and the Sun Room)"

2008, video, 1 minute 58 seconds

Installation of "Observations and Reactions Heard in the Venetian Bedroom from the Palazzo Sagredo located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" AND "Object from the Linsky Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (with monochromatic placard)."

A site specific installation designed for the Walker Gallery. Gordon installed a handmade curtain, used a chair from her apartment and installed handpainted wallpaper cut into the shape that the light created in the space. On the chair, speakers played an audio piece:

"Observations and Reactions Heard in the Venetian Bedroom from the Palazzo Sagredo located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art"

2008

audio recording

4 minutes 44 seconds

Detail of "Observations and Reactions Heard in the Venetian Bedroom from the Palazzo Sagredo located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art."

Gordon incorporated this inconveniently placed light switch panel into the installation. Perhaps the first Walker Gallery show in which the light switch box did not feel out of place. Detail of "Observations and Reactions Heard in the Venetian Bedroom from the Palazzo Sagredo located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art."

Detail of "Observations and Reactions Heard in the Venetian Bedroom from the Palazzo Sagredo located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art."

Installation on the largest wall in the main gallery. Works from left to right:

"Object from the Linsky Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (as seen from above, leaning over the glass barricade)"

"Object from the Linsky Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (with detailing of the same color as the brass coated banister)"

"Carpet from my Parent’s House (as it was displayed in the Sitting Room in Grand Rapids, MI)"