RACHEL KLINGHOFFER

RACHEL KLINGHOFFER

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    • Agressive Optimism at Morgan Lehman Gallery
    • If You Like Piña Coladas
    • The Skirt at Ortega y Gasset Projects
    • works on paper
    • sculpture
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Rosenbluth, Alfred, Rachel Klinghoffer at One River Woodbury, Whitehot Magazine. 7 January 2021
Hess, Erika b, I Like your work podcast, Finding the Intense Sweetness in Making: Rachel Klinghoffer on Repurposing Ephemera into Icons, 11 December 2020
Brock, Hovey. ArtSeen, The Brooklyn Rail, 29 March 2020
Cameron, Britta. “Rachel KLINGHOFFER | SUSPENDED IN MY MASQERADE”. Flaunt.com, 24 January 2020
Cowan, Katy. “Colourful sculptures by Rachel Klinghoffer made entirely from everyday trash and discarded toys”, CreativeBoom,.com, November 2019
Wolpow, Nina. “Artseen, BRIC Biennial: Volume III, “The Impossible Possible”, BrooklynRail.com, March 2019
Shannon, Maggie. “The Spring/Break Art Fair Is Filled with Awesome and Weird Creative Works”, Vice.com. 3 March 2017
Harbour, Aaron, Im, Jackie. Review: Best of 2016. Sluice.info. 10 December 2016
Jia, Olivia. Review: Bedrock. Title-magazine.com. 21 July 2016
Martinez, Alanna. New Kids on the Block: 6 Art Galleries to Keep Your Eye on in 2016. Observer.com. 4 January 2016
Meier, Allison. “Jam-Packed Spring/Break Art Show Pulls into Moynihan Station”. Hyperallergic.com. 4 March 2015
Grabner, Michelle. New American Paintings. NORTHEAST #116. February 2015 / March 2015

Too much of everything is just enough
2015
Used stretcher bars, lingerie, bras, underwear, blouse, camisole, jeans, purse, dress worn to sisters wedding, senior prom dress and bra, stockings, padding from box stones used in other works came from, plastic garland from thesis opening party in grad school, husband’s used Grateful Dead t-shirt, crown and sash from my bachelorette party, ravaged underwear from husbands bachelor party, kippah and personalized cocktail napkin from our wedding, flower girl's basket and ring bearers pillow from wedding ceremony, sombrero from Mexican honeymoon, ribbons and tissue paper from wedding gifts, mothers’ peignoir, maternal grandmother’s gowns, father-in-laws wedding kittel, tomb of Rachel tapestry, silver and turquoise jewelry, hand knitted crop top and sweater from mother-in-law, dish from husbands grandmother childhood tea set, studio ephemera, leftover leather from friends, resin, fabric glue, rope
Approx. 56 x 30 x 30 inches

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