id:			171637
accession number:	2014.403
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.403
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:40.933000

Washing Away of Wrongs, 2014. Anicka Yi (American, b. 1971). 2 stainless steel dryer doors, Plexiglas, diffuser, 2 fragrances designed by Christophe Laudamiel - Traennen and Bullfrog; overall: 304.8 x 332.7 x 67.3 cm (120 x 131 x 26 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Contemporary Art Society 2014.403

title:				Washing Away of Wrongs
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creation date:			2014
creation date earliest:		2014
creation date latest:		2014
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creditline:			Gift of the Contemporary Art Society
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culture:	America, 21st century
technique:	2 stainless steel dryer doors, Plexiglas, diffuser, 2 fragrances designed by Christophe Laudamiel - Traennen and Bullfrog
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Anicka Yi (American, b. 1971)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 304.8 x 332.7 x 67.3 cm (120 x 131 x 26 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Anicka Yi: Death
	opening date:   2014-10-11T00:00:00
	<i>Anicka Yi: Death</i>. Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH (October 11, 2014-January 17, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Anicka Yi: Divorce. 47 Canal, New York (April 30 - June 8, 2014).

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist; acquired by the CMA from 47 Canal, New York in 2014.
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fun fact:
One door contains a custom scent called “Divorce,” which contains pungent notes that are spicy and animalistic.

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Anicka Yi defies expectations with her artworks that poetically engage all the human senses from touch to scent. This work was inspired by the strong emotions that are experienced when a relationship ends. Two industrial dryer doors, as seen in laundromats, each contain a different, original scent that speaks to the experience of loss and separation; accordingly, these scents are less than pleasant. She says, “Two industrial laundry dryer doors transmit scents—one abstract, one representational, two separate systems, both a washing away of wrongs. Take in notes of fried intersections, brooms sweeping up situations, folded cardboard. . . . The other door trickles out a different rhythm of presence through absence—prehistoric wetland, brackish vegetation, yellow throated bullfrog. . . .”
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Creahan, D. “Anicka Yi: ‘Divorce’ at 47 Canal Through June 8th, 2014.” <em>Art Observed</em> (June 9, 2014).
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	Burton, Johanna. “Split Subjects: Johanna Burton on Anicka Yi at 47 Canal, New York.” <em>Texte</em> <em>Zur Kunst</em> no. 95 (September 2014): 213-215.
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	Prickett, Sarah Nicole. “Anicka Yi.” <em>Interview Magazine</em> (October 10, 2014).
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	Rosenberg, Karen. “Anicka Yi: ‘Divorce.’” <em>The New York Times</em> (May 22, 2014): C26.
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