RACHEL KLINGHOFFER

RACHEL KLINGHOFFER

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The Skirt at Ortega y Gasset Projects
363 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY


Suspended in my Masquerade
January 25 – March 29, 2020
Hess, Erika b, I Like your work podcast, Finding the Intense Sweetness in Making: Rachel Klinghoffer on Repurposing Ephemera into Icons, 11 December 2020
Yaniv, Etty. Artists on Coping, Art Spiel, 24 May 2020
Zimmerman-Black, Stephanie. “How these Art World Pros are Keeping it Together While Self Isolating”, Art Zealous, 4 April 2020
Holmes, Helen. “How the Creative Process Is Shifting for Artists in Social Isolation”, The Observer. 3 April 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

Almost ablaze, still you don’t feel the heat (about to run)
2020
64 x 12 x 12 inches

Ribbon from placing 6th in camp horse show, dreidel from family Hanukkah party, balloons from bringing son home from hospital when he was born, skull charm from collector, used paintbrush, lace from husbands great grandmother, tin yitkor stars, paillettes and buttons, wrapper from Hanukkah gelt, husband’s childhood knight figurine, shell from long beach island NJ, piece of bracelet I used to wear at first job at a gallery, paternal grandmothers mahjong tiles, watch I wore in 3rd grade, drink stir from paternal grandmother from going to clubs in 40’s, marble found on hike in Italy, shot glass from sister’s wedding, ribbon from gifts from when son was born, piece of chuppah painted for friend’s wedding ceremony, glitter from leftover birthday cards, necklace from uncle, piece of daughters tiara, ripped shoes from daughter, worn out sneakers from husband, used paint can from painting our house, magic smooth, encapso k, Swarovski crystals, acrylic, spray paint

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