"HOMEySEW 9"
Mel Chin
1994
- Medium
- External: Glock 9mm handgun: steel, polycarbide plastic, Optional tag in two patterns: silver, enamel<br>Internal: 2” Ace bandage, micro electronic locator, normal saline (100 ml of 0.9% Sodium Chloride) with IV needle and polyethylene tubing, narcotic analgesic, (5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride, 500 acetaminophen), intramuscular Epinephrine (0.3 mg), angiocatheter (14 gauge)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5 7/16 × 7 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (13.8 × 18.6 × 3 cm)
- Genre
- Sculpture
About
Mel Chin, "HOMEySEW 9", 1994. External: Glock 9mm handgun: steel, polycarbide plastic, Optional tag in two patterns: silver, enamel Internal: 2” Ace bandage, micro electronic locator, normal saline (100 ml of 0.9% Sodium Chloride) with IV needle and polyethylene tubing, narcotic analgesic, (5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride, 500 acetaminophen), intramuscular Epinephrine (0.3 mg), angiocatheter (14 gauge), overall: 5 7/16 × 7 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (13.8 × 18.6 × 3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee 95.119a-f
