Leah Decter
Canadian, b. 1960
raze, 2006
Felted wool, thread
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with funds from the Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Wiswell Fund, with funds from the Winnipeg Rh Foundation Inc., and with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program/Oeuvre achetée avec l
2009-49
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30 hollow, cast-felt houses hung in a grid pattern which produce shadows on the floor below. They are suspended from the ceiling by fine thread so the houses appear to be resting on a virtual plane in space. Some houses are taller and some in various states of decay.