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| Installation view
of Portable Thai-inspired Art Display Unit, 2007 "Tony May, Old Technology" installation view, 2011, San Jose institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
| There is a long history of artists using suitcases,
tracing back at least to Duchamp's pre-WWII miniature reiteration
of his major works in a small suitcase titled "Box in a Valise."
May's suitcases take this tradition into spatial terrain, almost
out of a pragmatic necessity. The works conveniently expand and
collapse, making them easy to move and display. --Susan O'Malley |