Untitled (Paul Tannebaum), from A Postcolonial Kinderhood
Elaine Reichek
1993
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Elaine Reichek
b. 1943
American conceptual artist Elaine Reichek uses embroidery to explore aesthetics. Born in New York, she studied at Yale University. Her work has appeared in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, Ohio; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium; and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, among other venues. She lives in New York City.
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