susan avishai

62” x 16” x 16” Deconstructed shirts, embroidery hoop (2015)

70”x 28”x4” deconstructed men’s shirts, buttons

30 feet x 15” deconstructed men’s shirts, quilted (2014-15)

12”x8”x8” shirt fabric, cardboard rings (sold)

Kaddish was created during a residency at the Mark Rothko Art Museum in Daugavpils, Latvia, October 2016. It is now part of the permanent collection. Linen, tzitzit, stones. 60”x40”

36”x25”x3” stiffened and hand cut men’s dress shirt backs, buttons

made from deconstructed white men’s dress shirts, stiffened with medium (2016) size varies with installation

This piece was part of the Twelve Trees Christmas Event at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto / 2016-7 / deconstructed men’s dress shirt backs, handcut / 9’ x 4’ x 4’

6’x5’ shirt fabric, cardboard tube rings, brass wire, bamboo pole

26”x26”x4” stiffened men’s dress shirt cuffs

48” x 66” Rope, deconstructed clothing, quilted/ 2012-13

27”x24”x4” stiffened men’s dress shirt cuffs (SOLD)

60” x 48” deconstructed men’s dress shirts, buttons on gallery wrap canvas

28”x24”x3” deconstructed men’s shirt, glass beads, wire (sold)

22”x23”x1” deconstructed men’s shirt, wire

(winner of Curry’s purchase prize, Drawing Show, Toronto)

7.5’x7.5’ deconstructed men’s dress shirts, buttons

24”x7”x5” deconstructed men’s shirt collars

65”x20”x20” felted lambswool (man’s overcoat), silk, thread, wire

48”x62”x4” stiffened men’s shirt collars, buttons, wire

24”x24” various fabrics from deconstructed clothing, popcorn filling, on canvas

indigo dyed cotton scraps in Japanese “Boro” technique

32”x30” deconstructed men’s shirt collars and seams

made from cast off interior designer samples (sold)