they hit me with a truck

  This piece, “Is she married? No, she’s a cat lady” seeks to examine the way in which society views individuals, particularly women who choose a life that doesn’t fit expectations. “Cat lady” is the title given to women who chose a life that would have been described as spinsterhood in the recent past.  The use of masking tape to construct the cats and cover the surfaces of the table and cup, coupled with the less than life-size proportions of the feline figures and table (26″x21″x18″ for whole piece), shows how the life of a single woman is belittled and her fascination with animals becomes seen as obsessive.  Each cat has been given a personality, but the tape surface and their connection to the actual tabletop strips them of much of their individual identity, with only the colorful ribbons to show that each figure is treasured as a separate entity. The felines also interact with one another, seemingly oblivious to the viewer, as if frozen in time.