Sampler (Blade Runner), Elaine Reichek

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born 1943
Sampler (Blade Runner), 2001
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: linen; hand embroidering
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 76.2 x 118.74 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 30 x 46 3/4 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 30 x 46 11/16 x 0 3/4 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2002.0111
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Spencer Museum of Art Highlights

This needlework embroidery pairs two identical portrayals of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve standing with the tree of knowledge. Below the stitched images is a pair of texts: the left one from the book of Genesis in the Bible, and the right-hand one from Ridley Scott’s 1982 film “Blade Runner.” By combining words and images in the historical school-girl sampler format, Reichek embraces the stitching rigor and highly structured aesthetic, and moral, tradition. Respecting these strictures while at the same time humorously rejecting their limitations, Reichek initiates a new discourse on feminist approaches to artistic expression.

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