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Mike Kelley Double Horizontal Chaste Form (Unfolded) of the Land O’Lakes Girl Illustrated with the Image of the Land O’Lakes , 1996 Acrylic on wood panel, 44 × 118 in. Craig Robins Collection, Miami The unusual shape of this canvas—which reflects back upon itself like a Rorschach inkblot—is reminiscent of a shield or bodily organ. It is covered by a latticed design that both conceals and fragments the view of sky and landscape beyond. Kelley was fascinated by the cultural complexity of the former Land O’Lakes butter logo—which depicted a Native American girl kneeling in a landscape—and the lewd associations projected upon it. Here, he omits the figure from her surroundings in a seeming act of chastity. —HJ
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