Iviva Olenick
Hair Product, 2012
Iviva Olenick (American, born 1975), Hair Product, 2012, embroidery on antique textile, 3 x 4 in. Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, 2012.6.
"I think of my work as an embroidered blog. I use fabric, thread, applique and hand embroidery to create small scale pieces with text and illustrations. Through my work, I comment on contemporary urban culture. I obsess over the anything-goes nature of NYC/Brooklyn dating."—Iviva Olenick