Bee Life (or Queen for a Day)

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  • Bee Life (or Queen for a Day) installation by Leah Reynolds
  • Bee Life (or Queen for a Day) installation by Leah Reynolds
  • Bee Life (or Queen for a Day) installation by Leah Reynolds
  • Bee Life (or Queen for a Day) installation by Leah Reynolds

2011

fabric, rabbit skin glue and pigment, acrylic, photographs, deer netting, plastic, plastic drinking straws, wooden chair

installation 12 ft. x 16 ft. x 32 ft.

The germ for this installation was the use of the phrase "bee life" in a novel by Charlie Smith.  The resulting associations were hard to resist: beehives (actual) and the society within; beehives (hair); queens; the 1950's TV show, etc....