Barbara Koenen - The War Rug Project
installation in 1997, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago Candies Eyeballs Grommets (colored) Parraffin oil paint Caviar (red) Sesame (various roasts) Non-Pareils Sand Wasabi Black Plastic Dots Millet Aluminium Paint Cat Litter Chromium Oxide Ferrus Sulphate Small Grommets Large Grommets Caviar (black) Charcoal (negative space) Pink Paint Salt Hot Pepper Paste Oil Primer Gold Paint Ink and Copper Paste Black Pepper (ground) Nail Polish YKB Glass Beads Humus Turmeric Paper Confetti Felt Acrylic Medium
Buddha at the Hot Dog Stand
What did the Buddha say at the hot dog stand?

"Make me one with everything."

So I did.

On rice paper, 1997 version, L to R, from top: charcoal, plastic, silk flowers, oil paint, graphite, chocolate chips, sand, watercolor, hummus, chromium oxide, sesame seeds, tumeric, poppyseeds, felt dots, glitter, oil paint, cat litter, charcoal, grommets, spraypaint, wasabi, plastic eyes, candy dots, glass beads,
salt, plastic confetti, lavender, nail polish, flax, burns, spray paint, red pepper paste, fake grass, sand, flowers + watercolor, charcoal and holes.

Shown at Westwerk eV, Hamburg, 1996; Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, 1997; LIPA, Chicago, 2002.

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