S U N N Y A. S M I T H : S E A R C H

Linen , Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Archival Pigment , Photographic Works , Living History , Premodern Abstraction , Installations , Sculptures , Site-specific Works , Furniture , Performative Sculptures , Quilts , Participation , Ribbons , Wood , Costumes , Cheater Cloth , Mirrors , Silk , Musical Instruments , Activated Space , Clothing , Wool , Satellite Dishes , Curtains , Rope , Period Rooms , Forts , Editions , Bedding , Backdrops , Reenactments , TInware , Soldiers , Silkscreen , Needle Work , Multiples , Kits , Drums , Dolls , Ceramics , Candles , Archives , Windsor Chairs , Wax , Sconces , Handmade Paper , Gouache , Glass , Bunting , Trench Art , Tilt-top Tables , Prototypes , Baskets , Banners , Portraits , Eyes , Candy , Wrought Iron , Tables , Snakes , Paper , Overshot , Figures , Farby Labels , Fancy Work , Braided Rugs , Willow , Whitman's Samplers , Ticking , Pomegranates , Performances , Jugs , Horsehair , Flower Arrangements , Flags , Collage , Cauldrons , Canopy Beds , Books , Antennas , Wreaths , Uniforms , Shop Signs , Scare Crows , Sacks , Platforms , Lanterns , Hay , Flame Stitch , Crewel Work , Canvas , Calico , Brooms , Bandboxes , Wigs , Theorem Painting , Tents , Stoneware , Stencils , Slipware , Rubbings , Redware , Pushcarts , Pockets , Pin Prikt , Parades , Market Stalls , Marbling , Glass Eyes , Display Cases , Crates , Canteens , Bottles , Barrels , Wands , Slippers , Shearling , Self-portraits , Peddlers , Medals , Keys , Hobby Horses , Hats , Guns , Engraving , Eagles , Doubles , Concealments , Chargers , Broadsides

Fancy Work
2010
installation view
dimensions variable

Commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in conjunction with "75 Years of Looking Forward." Photo credit Charles Villyard.

Windsor Chairs , Tinware , Textiles , Tables , Site-specific Works , Silkscreen , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Quilts , Premodern Abstraction , Period Rooms , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Linen , Lanterns , Installations , Furniture , Fancy Work , Candles , Bedding , Backdrops , Activated Space

"Cheater Cloth"
2010
giclée print
Edition of 7, published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 43 3/4 x 32 inches

This limited-edition giclée print is digitally printed in full color on flax linen with a finished hem sewn by the artist. It depicts imagery captured using a unique scanning technology, updating the tradition of "cheater cloth," a printed material meant to look like several different fabrics, usually calicos, appliquéd or patch worked together. The inspiration for this work was derived from a quilt Smith saw at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, made by a convalescing Civil War soldier; she made her reworked version by cutting out fabrics collected over many years from her and her mother's sewing chests. The original artifact combines Smith's interest in wartime textiles and art made by soldiers in the context of war, and also contains another facet of her research: the history of tradespeople and street peddlers. This print was made as a Special Projects Artist Edition in response to the "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life 1765-1915" exhibition at LACMA and is available from the museum for purchase.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Peddlers , Multiples , Living History , Linen , Guns , Figures , Editions , Cheater Cloth , Calico , Archives , Archival Pigment

Fancy Work (Braided Rug)
2011
participatory braided rug, platform for reading, reflection, and conversation
12'+ diam

Commissioned and produced in the context of the exhibition "Allison Smith: Piece Work," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Photo credit Ron Pollard.

Textiles , Silkscreen , Premodern Abstraction , Platforms , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Linen , Installations , Braided Rugs , Books , Activated Space

Fancy Work (Braided Rug)
2011
participatory braided rug, platform for reading, reflection, and conversation
12'+ diam

Commissioned and produced in the context of the exhibition "Allison Smith: Piece Work," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Photo credit Ron Pollard.

Textiles , Silkscreen , Sconces , Satellite Dishes , Premodern Abstraction , Platforms , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Mirrors , Linen , Installations , Candles , Braided Rugs , Books , Activated Space

Fancy Work (Braided Rug)
2011
participatory braided rug, platform for reading, reflection, and conversation
12'+ diam

Commissioned and produced in the context of the exhibition "Allison Smith: Piece Work," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Photo credit Ron Pollard.

Windsor Chairs , Textiles , Silkscreen , Premodern Abstraction , Platforms , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Linen , Installations , Furniture , Braided Rugs , Books , Activated Space

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prototypes , Linen , Bunting

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Reenactments , Portraits , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Bunting

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Portraits , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Bunting

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photographs and quotations on tags were collected by Starlyn Lara of Swords to Plowshares' Women Veterans Project as part of SHOUT! Art by Women Veterans. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Uniforms , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Prints , Portraits , Photographic Works , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Bunting , Archival Pigment

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Ben Blackwell.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Reenactments , Portraits , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Bunting

Fort Point Bunting
2012
painted linen, military webbing, grommets, hemp rope
75 swags; each swag 32" x 72"

Large-scale installation at historic Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Commissioned by FOR-SITE Foundation for the International Orange exhibition. Photo credit Ben Blackwell.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Site-specific Works , Rope , Portraits , Participation , Linen , Installations , Forts , Flags , Bunting

Rudiments of Fife & Drum: Flag and Bunting
2013
Linen, mixed media

"Allison Smith: Rudiments of Fife & Drum," The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Photo credit Allison Smith.

Textiles , Site-specific Works , Linen , Installations , Flags , Bunting

Dyed Wool, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen
24 x 32 inches / Frame: 25 x 33 x 2 inches, Edition of 3