Singer

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Singer
mixed media assemblage
by Dale Copeland, 2003
44 X 21 X 26cm
Collection of Puke Ariki, New Zealand

In an old Singer sewing machine cover, the stuffed bird sings on a leaden tree. The music at the back is a poem by Janet Frame, for high voice and twelve instrumentalists: "In loss the trees bear stings, and flowers carry pain as if it were honey. The sun is cruel. The daylight does not understand or why does it not bring back the dead?"

Dale's studio can be found on Surf Highway, Taranaki, New Zealand

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