Cady Noland

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1993

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the catalogue illustration fails to convey the metallic nature of the work. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. Visible only when examined under certain lights, there are a few hairline scratches and handling marks isolated in places, notably towards the centre and upper centre of the composition.
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"There is a method in my work which has taken a pathological trend. From the point at which I was making work out of objects I became interested in how, actually, under which circumstances people treat other people like objects. I became interested in psychopaths in particular, because they objectify people in order to manipulate them. By extension they represent the extreme embodiment of a culture's proclivities; so psychopathic behavior provides useful highlighted models to use in search of cultural norms."
Cady Noland
in conversation with Michèle Cone, Journal of Contemporary Art, Fall/Winter 1990, online