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Victory Hall is an installation I originally presented at Bellwether gallery in the spring of 2005. The installation was comprised of over one hundred wooden rifles, pistols, and sideknives arranged on the wall in a decorative pattern reminiscent of an arms exposition hall. Posed on the floor were a series of five life-size ceramic dolls made in my own image and wearing handsewn uniforms. I created the doll parts at a ceramics atelier in Provence, and worked with a Civil War costume historian to design and sew the uniforms. These "commemorative dolls" are based on obscure citizen soldiers of the American Civil War era, specifically Zouaves and Vivandières.
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Victory Hall (installation view) 2005 Please click on image again for more detail.
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Victory Hall (detail) Wood and aluminum 10 ft. x 18 ft.
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "You Are Here," Ballroom Marfa, Texas, organized by Matthew Day Jackson and curated by Fairfax Dorn, and in "Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History," Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, curated by Nato Thompson. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Eliza Wilson of the 5th Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry 2005 Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass Please click on image again for more detail.
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, curated by Tracy Adler; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Eliza Wilson of the 5th Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry (detail) 2005 Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, curated by Tracy Adler; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker 2005 Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass Please click on image again for more detail.
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, curated by Tracy Adler; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (detail) 2005 Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, curated by Tracy Adler; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Officer of the 5th New York Volunteer
Infantry, Duryée's Zouaves 2005 Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass Please click on image again for more detail.
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "The 'F' Word," Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, curated by Elizabeth Thomas, and in "New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, curated by Tracy Adler; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Officer of the 5th New York Volunteer
Infantry, Duryée's Zouaves (detail) 2005 Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "The 'F' Word," Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, curated by Elizabeth Thomas, and in "New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, curated by Tracy Adler; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Marie Tepe, "French Mary,"
Vivandière of the 114th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, Collis's Zouaves 2005 Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "The 'F' Word," Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, curated by Elizabeth Thomas, and in "New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, curated by Tracy Adler; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Marie Tepe, "French Mary,"
Vivandière of the 114th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, Collis's Zouaves
(detail) 2005 Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "The 'F' Word," Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, curated by Elizabeth Thomas, and in "New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, curated by Tracy Adler; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Soldier of the 146th New York Zouaves
Volunteer Infantry Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Also exhibited in "New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, curated by Tracy Adler; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Soldier of the 114th Pennsylvania
Infantry, Collis's Zouaves 2005 Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass
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"Greater New York 2005," P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/ Museum of Modern Art, New York. Curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Alanna Heiss, Glenn Lowry, Bob Nickas, Amy Smith-Stewart & Ann Temkin; and "The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, curated by Toby Kamps. Photo credit P.S.1. |
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Gayly the Bold Zouaves 2005 Ink, paper 22 in. x 18 in.
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Marie Tepe 2005 Gouache, watercolor, ink, paper 22 in. x 18 in.
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Photo credit Bellwether. Collection of Clifford Chance, New York. |
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Pile 2007 Paint, slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass Please click on image again for more detail.
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"New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York. Curated by Tracy Adler. Photo credit Leubsdorf Art Gallery. |
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Pile (detail) 2007 Paint, slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass Please click on image again for more detail.
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"New History," Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York. Curated by Tracy Adler. Photo credit Leubsdorf Art Gallery. |
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Camp Curtain 2006 Silk-screen printed linen 10 x 18 feet Please click on image again for more detail.
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Commissioned by the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art for the exhibition "Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History," North Adams. Curated by Nato Thompson. Fabric printed by Allison Smith, Liz Collins, and Elaine Chen at the Rhode Island School of Design Textiles department, Providence. Photo credit Laura Mueller. |
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Camp Curtain (Muster of 2005
Commemorative Textile) 2006 Silk-screen printed linen
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Commissioned by the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art for the exhibition "Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History," North Adams. Curated by Nato Thompson. Fabric printed by Allison Smith, Liz Collins, and Elaine Chen at the Rhode Island School of Design Textiles department, Providence. Photo credit Allison Smith. |
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Crossed Compass Rose Flags 2005 Paint, linen, wood 50 in. x 56 in. Please click on image again for more detail.
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"Allison Smith: Victory Hall," Bellwether, New York. Photo credit Bellwether. |
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Zouave Dolls 2008 Paint, slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass, painted linen Installation view, dimensions variable.
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"The Old, Weird America," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Curated by Toby Kamps. Photo courtesy of CAMH. |
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![Allison S M I T H Victory Hall Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass](artistInfo/thumbs/172.jpg "Marie Tepe, "French Mary," Vivandière of the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Collis's Zouaves")
![Allison S M I T H Victory Hall Slip cast ceramic, linen, wool, cotton, leather, hemp fibers, brass, glass](artistInfo/thumbs/173.jpg "Marie Tepe, "French Mary," Vivandière of the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Collis's Zouaves (detail)")
