id:			167235
accession number:	2009.2
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.2
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:33.973000

Continuous Mile, 2006–2008. Liza Lou (American, b. 1969). Cotton and glass beads; overall: 1.9 x 160934.4 cm (3/4 x 63360 in.); installed: 78.7 x 195.6 cm (31 x 77 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Scott C. Mueller and Margaret Fulton Mueller and John L. Severance Fund 2009.2 © Liza Lou

title:				Continuous Mile
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creation date:			2006–2008
creation date earliest:		2006
creation date latest:		2008
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creditline:			Gift of Scott C. Mueller and Margaret Fulton Mueller and John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Liza Lou

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culture:	America, 21st century
technique:	cotton and glass beads
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Liza Lou (American, b. 1969)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 1.9 x 160934.4 cm (3/4 x 63360 in.); Installed: 78.7 x 195.6 cm (31 x 77 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 229): April 21, 2009 - March 30, 2010; July 23, 2012 - December 12, 2012.

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PROVENANCE

	The work comes from the artist's studio in South Africa and L&M Arts, New York.
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Liza Lou gratefully acknowledges the artisans in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, who worked with her in the making of Continuous Mile: Mzi Shangaze, Nomusa Bailey, Tryphina Bailey, Sphilile Bhengu, Mlungisi Gumede, Nonhlanhla Gumede, Thandazile Gwala, Zanele Gwala, Bangiwe Khawula, Nokuthula Linda, Sindi Lushaba, Sipho Lushaba, Ntombi Luthuli, S’bonelo Madiba, Thulisile Madiba, Pinky Makhoba, Buhle Mbele, Sinekhaya Mbele, Zandile Mbele, Nozibele Mbele, Lubabalo Mbele, Fikile Mbhele, Lucky Mbongwa, Mafika Mbongwa, Ntombizodwa Mlelese, Nomaswazi Molapo, Thembisile Moto, Palesa Muntu, Lucy Ndlovu, Sindi Ndlovu, Nokuthula Ngidi, Nqobile Ngidi, Slindile Nglamu, Sha Ngobo, Nsele, Cebisisle Nyanda, Vuyiswa Nxele, Dooi Polaki, Buzephi Shangaze, Nokuthula Shinga, Ncamsile Sithole, Zanele Shinga, Philile Thango, and Philisile Zwane.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
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