perfectly harmless

Burlap, canvas, screen printing ink, hay

102 cm x 76 cm x 25 cm (each)

2018

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Perfectly Harmless incorporates text from three letters written between the superintendent of Kingston's Rockwood Asylum and a patient’s family, spanning a 30 year period. The letters indicate the patient was healthy but was never discharged by her family. The use of worthless burlap sacks and hay mirror the patient’s treatment as insignificant.

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