click here to view larger image Woman Stuck in the Fabric of Society (drawing converted to) oil paint, 25 canvas boards, fishing line 60 cm x 144 cm 1999 collection Britta Narum and Joost Johan Krikhaar The original drawing was of a woman looking over her shoulder. The decorative pattern throughout the piece is a tribute to Gustav Klimt. I was experimenting with cutting up my own work and making 'new pictures' from the pieces. Hanging up the assembled drawing, it seemed to resemble a woman's face stuck in the squares of a patchwork quilt. I took the small pieces of the drawing, painted them onto larger canvas boards and used clear fishing line to tie the boards together. After reading a 1998 article in Newsweek magazine about women in Afghanistan being forced to wear cloth burkas and behave according to strict rules, I went back to the painting and wrote "woman stuck in the fabric of society."