Fem-utility Closet: Tawney

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Artist: Melissa Dorn

Title: Fem-utility Closet: Tawney

Attribution: Fem-utility Closet: Tawney, 2025, Melissa Dorn

Year: 2025

Materials: Mop, latch hook canvas, industrial felt, wood, canvas, fabric, acrylic, stones, and found ottomans

Dimensions: 11 feet x 8 feet 7 inches x 4 feet

Image Statement: Welcome to Fem-utility Closet: Tawney, emboldened by the work and life of Lenore Tawney. This is a soft place to land in a world full of indifference and the hard edges of patriarchy and capitalism, a place to reflect on how we interact with maintenance. I invite you to rest on the Ottowomen and partake in the humor and absurdity surrounding you.