found object, custom made label, Chicago 2024
Made for “The Trick Behind Multiple Trick Ponies“ exhibition at Mayfield - artist run project space and studio in Oak Park, Chicago. For the Press Release click here
text on the inside label:
BIG PAPA HAT
MADE IN CHICAGO
REVERSE FOR
CARE
BIG PAPA
IS A CAP
THAT USED TO
BELONG TO
MICHAEL LYONS
CARPENTER
PREVIOUS OWNER
OF THE SPACE
YOU ARE IN
ADMIRER OF LIONS
HOMOPHONOUS
WITH LYONS
HIS FATHER’S NAME
FAMILY NAME
SURNAME
LAST NAME
THIS USED TO BE
HIS
BIG PAPA CAP
FROM LATIN PĀPA
“FATHER”, POPE
PAPA IS A MAN
HE ALWAYS WAS
HE SHARED HIS NAME
WITH THE WHOLE
FAMILY
MEN & WOMEN
BIG PAPA
IS FOR MEN
& WOMEN
PATRIARCHY
IS FOR MEN
& WOMEN
BIG PAPA
IS A CAP THAT FITS
THE MALE HEAD
IT IS A SOCIAL
PHENOMENON
AN ARTIFACT
A SOUVENIR
OF THE
PREVIOUS OWNER
OF THIS PLACE
YOU ARE IN
NOW
RUN BY
A FATHER AND
A DAUGHTER
Mayfield, 2024