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Love (Pyramid)

2008/2024
Not on view
Maren Hassinger, who was trained in dance before studying fiber arts at UCLA, often incorporates performance in her sculptural work. Each of the hundreds of pink plastic bags that comprise her exuberant installation Love (Pyramid) contains a one-word "love" note. Part of a series of accumulations of bagged human breath arranged in different shapes, the pyramidal form of this work adds an evanescent memorial dimension.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Love (Pyramid)
  • Artist: Maren Hassinger (American, born Los Angeles, California, 1947)
  • Date: 2008/2024
  • Medium: Pink plastic bags filled with air, breath, love notes, and steelhead pushpins
  • Dimensions: Dimensions variable
  • Classifications: Sculpture-Conceptual Art, Installations
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Ford Foundation Gift, 2024
  • Object Number: 2024.420
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Maren Hassinger
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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