Prozac, Thorazine, Zoloft
2000
hand latch-hooked rug on canvas with polyester filling
24"H x 48"W x 48"D
(ea. pillow 11"H x 36"W x 11"D)

Prozac, Thorazine, Zoloft is a group of large pillows crafted out of hand latch-hooked rugs, which have been sewn together and stuffed. These soft, oversized anti-psychotics and anti-depressants provide a different kind of comfort than their prescription counterparts. The time consuming nature of the latch-hook process provides a sufficiently mind-numbing effect. Latch hooking is a simple but tedious craft that has traditionally been used to depict idealized and romanticized images from domesticity and nature.

Installation Views:
SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Reviews:
Self, Dana, “Knit Happens: Raised in Craftivity ain’t your grandma’s crochet work”, The Pitch: Arts & Entertainment, Sept. 20, 2007

Brenneman, Christine, "Illegal Art at SFMOMA Artists Gallery", Artweek, September 2003, Vol. 34, Issue 7, p.17

Gaither, Chris, "Art attack", The Boston Globe, July 14, 2003, p.C1

Valenzuela, América, "CIENCIA ILUSTRADA (II): Los artistas en el laboratorio", El Mundo: MEDICINA, Friday, July 15, 2005