General Idea
Life & Work by Sarah E.K. Smith
General Idea, Test Pattern: T.V. Dinner Plate, 1988
Porcelain plate in cardboard box, label offset on paper
Box: 24.5 x 31 x 2.8 cm, plate: 20 x 22.5 x 1.5 cm
General Idea, Eye of the Beholder, 1989
Chenille, embroidery on crest-shaped felt
24 x 21 cm
General Idea, AIDS Ring, 1993/96
Sterling silver in black velvet–covered jewellery box, title card (photocopy on vellum), in
white-card box
Box: 7 x 6 x 4.5 cm, various ring sizes
General Idea, General Idea’s Putti, 1993
Found seal-shaped soaps on printed pulpboard
4 x 8.5 (diam.) cm
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