Inventory

Noelle Choy, artist

born 1992

Inventory, 2025

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: plaster; vinyl; aluminum; wax; seawater; inkjet print; colored pencil; cellophane; metal; beads; acrylic; polyurethane; foam

Credit line: Courtesy of the artist

Accession number: EL2025.086

On display: Perkins Central Court

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My Mother's Tongue Ties Me Together

In 2020, Noelle Choy’s mother mysteriously passed away. Choy documented various objects she found in her house, including kitchen gadgets, toys, and personal household items. Choy investigates collected objects as artifacts of usefulness or self-worth and how we build our worlds around them. The modular towers in this sculpture become structures that mimic a toy or a prop. The flames are filled with water from the Atlantic Ocean.