Punches, 2007
Reconfigured postage stamp and envelope
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collection
Gift of Mark and Hilarie Moore Collection, In honor and memory of Timothy A. Fallon
2017.15

A framed legal-sized envelope with a cluster of circular images stuck in the top right corner. Each circle contains a small portion of a larger image. On some of the circles there are tiny white faces in profile, on others we see the red, blue, and white of the Union Jack; others are patterned with red, white and blue horizontal stripes. (written by Andrea Noonoo)

Born in Canada and currently based in London, U.K., Kim Rugg manipulates the public language of newspapers, maps, and other media to draw attention to the imbalance between collective signage and lived reality. She has exhibited at Mark Moore Gallery, CA; P.P.O.W. Gallery, NY; Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Germany; and Nettie Horn Gallery, U.K.. Her work in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, D.C.; the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Honolulu Museum of Art, HI; the Norton Museum, FL; and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX.