cheerleader rug
2001: Inkjet prints, floor rug, underwear and bubblegum, dimensions variable
 
STATUS: Recovered, Collection of the Artist.
 
COMMENTS:
From the High School Archeologist show, this piece unites a pair of underwear stolen from the locker of a high school cheerleader with gum stolen from her pocketbook. The images are of her high school picture, ultra-neon and coated with sparkles of nostalgia.
 
The cheerleader on whom this is based was often caught behind the school cafeteria smoking cigarettes during gym class. She often popped several pieces of chewing gum afterwards to reinvigorate the odor of her breath. Her boyfriends (of which there were six) all had the common denominator of having patched areas on the ass of their rubbed out jeans.