Inventory II (or I couldn't have taken it all with me)

Noelle Choy, artist

born 1992

Inventory II (or I couldn't have taken it all with me), 2025

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: oil; walnut wood; pine wood; acrylic; plaster; plywood; marker; paper; foam; metal

Credit line: Courtesy of the artist

Accession number: EL2025.087

On display: Perkins Central Court

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My Mother's Tongue Ties Me Together

Noelle Choy photographed objects in her mother’s home after she passed away. These photographs were printed, cut out, and embedded in her sculpture Inventory. Choy repurposed the negative spaces and used them as containers inset with soap. Each element of the work holds another and mirrors
the versions, or shifting timelines, that can exist within
owned objects.