Armory 2025 — SILKE LINDNER

Installation view, The Armory Show, 2025

Detail of 'Front Room Bed (Absolute Love), 2025

Void #1 (Mother), or Red Like the Rubies on the Necklace, 2025, Wire fencing, enamel paint, interior paint, micacious iron oxide, urethane, encaustic wax, activated charcoal, mini brads, silver leaf silk thread, nylon thread, glass beads from the artist’s childhood coin purse, embroidery floss, galvanized steel wire, dental floss, leather cord, cotton cord, nylon cord, 9 ½ x 6 x 8 inches

Detail of 'Front Room Bed (Absolute Love), 2025

Void #1 (Mother), or Red Like the Rubies on the Necklace, 2025, Detail

Void #2 (Daughter), or Her Eleventh Year, 2025, Wire fencing, enamel paint, silver leaf buffing wax, encaustic wax, cosmetic pigments, glitter, mini brads, nylon thread, silk thread, tights, galvanized steel wire, American Apparel bralette, Calvin Klein underwear, cotton cord, artificial sinew, dental floss, Clobetasol Propionate Ointment USP 0.05% safety data sheet, Nylon April 2010 “Beauty Queen”, family photographs, privacy window film, pad wrappers, tampon instructions, Juicy Couture sweatshirt, Twyla Tharp “The Creative Habit” pages, serrated foil cutter, Cosmopolitan August 2007 classifieds, Ziploc bag that held artist’s mother’s ashes, leotard, glass beads, ribbon, broken Stuart Weitzman shoes, old wallet, jewelry chain, elasticated cord, Jade glue, porn, Fresh SUGAR advanced therapy lip treatment packaging, Cosmopolitan February 2018 Chanel N°5 advertisement, lumbar spine physical therapy prescription, lace nipple covers, Victoria’s Secret shopping bag, sheer Zebra print body suit, Victoria’s Secret Pink thong, Silk pillowcase, Levi’s jeans, hair ties, American Girl washcloth, 9 ½ x 6 x 8 inches

Void #2 (Daughter), or Her Eleventh Year, 2025, Detail

Addendum (Goodbye Letters as My Dead Mother From Marla, Matt, Mim, Dad, Do, Vicki, ChatGPT), 2025, 7 printed letters from people close to the artist written as her dead mother, 10 sheets, framed, 11 x 8.5 inches each