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My House: Tanya Lippe's Lunch Box
My House: Tanya Lippe's Lunch Box
My House: Tanya Lippe's Lunch Box

My House: Tanya Lippe's Lunch Box

Artist (born Mount Lawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 1978)
Date2016
MediumLunch box, stainless steel, vitreous enamel, and book of poems
DimensionsDimensions variable
ClassificationsJewelry
Credit LineGift of the artist and the estate of Tanya Lippe
Object number2019.21
DescriptionAn elaborate chest piece made from a deconstructured lunch box. The pieces of lunch box have been punched and decorated with patterns then reassembled to form an openwork chest piece suggestive of the front of a garment. Also festooned acros the front are necklaces made from parts of the lunch box. The piece is accompanied by a book of poems.
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