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Early Work
Swan Lake Remembered
Polina Smutko
Swan Lake Remembered 1994
broken mirror, photographs, cut-out poems, reverse glass painting advertisement with thermometer, tire fragment, taxidermy bird, ink drawing from advertisement
36 x 48 x 10
Swan Lake Remembered 1994
broken mirror, photographs, cut-out poems, reverse glass painting advertisement with thermometer, tire fragment, taxidermy bird, ink drawing from advertisement
36 x 48 x 10
Swan Lake Remembered
Detail
Swan Lake Remembered
Detail
Swan Lake Remembered
Detail
I Know of Nothing (first iteration)
Polina Smutko
I Know of Nothing 1991
shoe, fluorescent light w/ ballast and wiring, sound switch, found frames, photograph, grass
I Know of Nothing 1991
shoe, fluorescent light w/ ballast and wiring, sound switch, found frames, photograph, grass
I Know of Nothing (first iteration)
Light off
A Bout de Souffle
Polina Smutko
A Bout de Souffle 1990
miniature chair, teeth impression, fluorescent light, electrical wiring, polaroid photograph, found photograph, page from calendar, tracing
A Bout de Souffle 1990
miniature chair, teeth impression, fluorescent light, electrical wiring, polaroid photograph, found photograph, page from calendar, tracing
Lights Ajar
Polina Smutko
Lights Ajar 1991
gallon jar, christmas lights, found frames, two photographs, tracing on paper
17 x 40 x 10
Lights Ajar 1991
gallon jar, christmas lights, found frames, two photographs, tracing on paper
17 x 40 x 10
A Trail in the Snow
Polina Smutko
A Trail in the Snow 1991
electric light, wiring, glass globe, postcard, white feather, found frames, cut-up poem
A Trail in the Snow 1991
electric light, wiring, glass globe, postcard, white feather, found frames, cut-up poem
Anxious Arms Hotel
Polina Smutko
Anxious Arms Hotel 2005
Plastic lighted Santa and sleigh, Various found objects, photographs, cut-up poems, push pins
48 x 72 x 4
Anxious Arms Hotel 2005
Plastic lighted Santa and sleigh, Various found objects, photographs, cut-up poems, push pins
48 x 72 x 4
Jump
Polina Smutko
Jump 20007
linoleum block print on found tapestry, found frame, photograph puzzle, wood box, found radios, exit sign, hot plate.
48 x 72 x 6
Jump 20007
linoleum block print on found tapestry, found frame, photograph puzzle, wood box, found radios, exit sign, hot plate.
48 x 72 x 6
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