Artist: Rachel Kanter
Title: Laundry
Attribution: Laundry, 2018, Rachel Kanter
Year: 2018
Materials: Vintage drying rack, cotton, hand dyed embroidery floss
Dimensions: 51” x 51” x 40”
Image Statement: “Laundry” is about washing clothes as a form of purification. The sexist, disparaging words that are embroidered on each of the women’s tallit katan (fringed garment) are in the process of being washed out and removed. The dye in the thread stains the undergarments just as these hurtful words that are said every day to women leave a mark on them. Ditsy, Bossy, Neurotic, Shrill, Nag, Diva, Frumpy, Prude, Dramatic, Bitchy, Slut, Hormonal.