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mouths, and breasts serving as drawers. L.'s 1969 sculpture "Little TV Woman: 'I Am the Last Woman Object'" depicts an oversized female form with a television monitor for a stomach, periodically displaying a message: "I am the last woman object. You can take my lips, touch my breasts, caress my stomach, my sex. But I repeat it, it is the last time." The soft and pliable forms in "The Giant Foot" (1967) and "White Foot Sofa" (1968), works meant to be opened up and sat upon, were the artist's first experiments with vinyl.
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in 2002, followed by performances on the Great Wall of China (2005) and the
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politics, equality, and collectivity. She was particularly known for her
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