Closet

1997 - 1998

Liza Lou

Associated Names
Liza Lou

Artist, American, born 1969

The sculpture depicts a storage closet with open doors revealing various household items inside. The doors are white, and a step stool hangs on the left one while a broom hangs on the right. The shelves are filled with typical household products: mostly cleaning supplies, painting supplies, and other various objects, like a saw, a plunger, a glue gun, and a flashlight. Upon closer inspection, it is revealed that everything in the closet, including the doors, has been decorated with tiny, colorful beads. The beaded closet is set against white walls and a wooden floor.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E404

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    glass beads, wood, and New York couple's empty bottles and unwanted household objects

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Sherry and Joel Mallin

  • Dimensions

    overall: 233.68 × 83.82 × 57.15 cm (92 × 33 × 22 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.187.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Commissioned 1997 by Sherry and Joel Mallin, Pound Ridge, New York; gift 2022 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2022

  • Adamson, Glenn, et. al._ Liza Lou_. New York, 2022: 271, repro.

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