Ethel Stein (American, 1917-2018)
United States
No to Indian Point
INV-2135
Ethel Stein (American, 1917-2018)
United States1997
No to Indian Point
Ethel Stein (American, 1917-2018) United States →textileweaving
Date
1997
Medium
cotton, satin damask weave; woven on a loom with a drawloom attachment fabricated by the artist
Dimensions
70.2 × 75.3 cm (27 5/8 × 29 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Ethel Stein
In its explosive fragmentation of the word No, this piece represents an emphatic rejection of the continuing operation of Indian Point, a nuclear energy facility in Buchanan, New York, not far from Stein’s home. In the mid-1990s, Indian Point had numerous operational problems, leading to legislative and public hearings in which the issue of shutting the plant down was considered. No to Indian Point is exceptional among Stein’s weavings in its forthright political stance.
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