Artist: Sheary Clough Suiter
Title: Pocket-Keep LGBTQ Activist: MARSHA P. JOHNSON. One of six two-sided suspended sculptures created from deconstructed fast fashion clothing conceptualizes secret-keeping from personal, social, and historical perspectives. Each Pocket-Keep gives honor to a noteworthy woman whose place in history is little know
Attribution: Pocket-Keep LGBTQ Activist: MARSHA P. JOHNSON, 2021, Sheary Clough Suiter
Year: 2021
Materials: Encaustic, Deconstructed Fast Fashion Clothing, Thread, Wire, Hand and Machine Stitch.
Dimensions: 29 x 20 x 5
Image Statement: Historically, women who have contributed substantially to humanity's advancements in the sciences and in the arts have been systematically secreted away, absent from our HIStory books. Each Pocket-Keep gives honor to a noteworthy woman whose place in history is little know