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Almost There (detail)     Jersey City Museum Materials: Black thread and needles Dimensions: 10 x 10 feet x 1 inch 2007 Description: Black thread passes throuh the eye of several hundred needles attached to the wall. The thread drawing onto the wall, with its shadows,recreates the design of a XVII Century Iron bar design from Spain. If one of the needles is removed the whole piece will be affected       |Return|

ARTICLES ON THIS PIECE Aranda-Alvarado, Rocio. "The Femenine Mystique: Contemporary Artists Respond." Jersey City Museum, (catalog), September 2007. Haber, John. "Desperate Artists." Haber Arts, Edited by John Haber, New York, October 22, 2007.

c) Gema Alava 2008

Aranda-Alvarado, Rocio. "The Femenine Mystique: Contemporary Artists Respond." Jersey City Museum, (catalog), September 2007.

Haber, John. "Desperate Artists." Haber Arts, Edited by John Haber, New York, October 22, 2007.

c) Gema Alava 2008

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Aranda-Alvarado, Rocio. "The Femenine Mystique: Contemporary Artists Respond." Jersey City Museum, (catalog), September 2007.

Haber, John. "Desperate Artists." Haber Arts, Edited by John Haber, New York, October 22, 2007.

c) Gema Alava 2008