Boundary

Norma Minkowitz

1989 · Fiber, paint, graphite, shellac · Modern and Contemporary Art

When Norma Minkowitz was a child, her mother taught her to crochet. She translated this "women's work" into the primary technique of her sculpture and has continued to investigate the notion of containment. Most of her early pieces were baskets or boxes—containers that retained and questioned the outside/ inside emphasized by her suggestive titles.

Artist

Norma Minkowitz

Date

1989

Medium

Fiber, paint, graphite, shellac

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Barbara S. Rosenthal and Kenneth W. Juster, 2002