Artwork

Twenty-Two Selves

Twenty-two numbered silhouettes of girls, drawn in blue ink on canvas paper.

Twenty-Two Selves: twenty-two numbered silhouette outlines of young girls drawn in blue ink on cream canvas paper
Twenty-Two Selves, 2003. Ink on canvas paper.

About this work

The girls in this piece are girls at different ages before twelve. By observing these little girls, a viewer may find a true self — someone they lost a long time ago by pretending to fit into a rigid social structure.