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Dept. of culture

a new spin on mother-daughter dressing

June 9, 2008  1:57 pm

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“I saw all of her pieces of writing,” artist Sophia Wood explains of her eight-year-old daughter, Mira, “and I just thought, Oh my God, I have to do this.” The “aha” moment in question? Wood’s decision to embroider selections from the aforementioned text on her daughter’s vintage Liberty-print baby dresses, 12 of which will be on display starting tomorrow at ABC Carpet & Home in Manhattan. Fittingly, the artist let her daughter choose the installation’s title, “MTLW—Am I Not Supposed to Keep Any Secrets From You Mummy?,” which also bears Mira’s initials. “It kind of made such mad sense to see all these frilly, hopeful things that a young mother gives to her daughter, and then the daughter kind of responds to that.” Just don’t expect any future collaboration between the two. Says Wood, “Throughout this whole thing she said to me, ‘Oh mummy, I’m not going to give you any more work!’ “

—Sarah Fones

Photo: Courtesy of Sophia Wood

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