Installation Images
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Graphite, paper, fabric, wood, gold leaf, shorn hair, incense, candles](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/78.jpg?0 ""I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."")
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"I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
2011
Graphite, paper, fabric, wood, gold leaf, shorn hair, incense, candles
Dimensions variable
2011
Graphite, paper, fabric, wood, gold leaf, shorn hair, incense, candles
Dimensions variable
Window installation of relics and ritual objects. This is an homage to Pina Bausch.
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Drawing viewed through window with reflections](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/141.jpg?0 ""I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."")
"I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
2011
Drawing viewed through window with reflections
2011
Drawing viewed through window with reflections
Window installation of relics and ritual objects. This is an homage to Pina Bausch.
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Fabric, wood, gold leaf, shorn hair, incense, candles](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/77.jpg?0 "Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."")
Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
2011
Fabric, wood, gold leaf, shorn hair, incense, candles
Dimensions variable
2011
Fabric, wood, gold leaf, shorn hair, incense, candles
Dimensions variable
Window installation of relics and ritual objects. This is an homage to Pina Bausch.
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/142.jpg?0 "Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."")
Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
2011
2011
Window installation of relics and ritual objects. This is an homage to Pina Bausch.
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/140.jpg?0 "Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."")
Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
2011
2011
Window installation of relics and ritual objects. This is an homage to Pina Bausch.
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/146.jpg?0 "Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."")
Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
2011
2011
Window installation of relics and ritual objects. This is an homage to Pina Bausch.
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/148.jpg?0 "Wall painting, "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."")
Wall painting, "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
2011
2011
Window installation of relics and ritual objects. This is an homage to Pina Bausch.
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/145.jpg?0 "Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."")
Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
2011
2011
Window installation of relics and ritual objects. This is an homage to Pina Bausch.
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/143.jpg?0 "Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."")
Ritual Offering in "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
2011
2011
Window installation of relics and ritual objects. This is an homage to Pina Bausch.
Ritual performance: Inserting a single hair into wax, using a needle.
2010
2010
Ritual performance: Hairs inserted into flesh-colored wax.
2010
Hair, wax, and oil paint
2010
Hair, wax, and oil paint
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, dried flowers, and other mixed media](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/75.jpg?0 "Installation of Relics in Vitrine, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Installation of Relics in Vitrine, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, dried flowers, and other mixed media
Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, dried flowers, and other mixed media
Vitrine Installation, Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, dried flowers, and other mixed media](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/74.jpg?0 "Alcove and Vitrines, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Alcove and Vitrines, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, dried flowers, and other mixed media
Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, dried flowers, and other mixed media
Installation in Alcove and Vitrines, Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, and other mixed media](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/68.jpg?0 "Vitrine Installation, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Vitrine Installation, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, and other mixed media
Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, and other mixed media
Installation in Alcove and Vitrines, Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, dried flowers, and other mixed media](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/69.jpg?0 "Detail of Vitrine with Offering of flowers and incense, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Detail of Vitrine with Offering of flowers and incense, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, dried flowers, and other mixed media
Sculptures, found objects, photos, drawings, incense, dried flowers, and other mixed media
Vitrine Installation, Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Glazed porcelain](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/71.jpg?0 "Detail of Vitrine with Blood Droplets, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Detail of Vitrine with Blood Droplets, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Glazed porcelain
Glazed porcelain
Vitrine Installation, Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Glazed Stoneware, Polaroid, and incense](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/70.jpg?0 "Detail of Vitrine with Fingerbones, Prepuces, Polaroid and Incense Offering, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Detail of Vitrine with Fingerbones, Prepuces, Polaroid and Incense Offering, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Glazed Stoneware, Polaroid, and incense
Glazed Stoneware, Polaroid, and incense
Vitrine Installation, Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/73.jpg?0 "Detail of Vitrine with Shell, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Detail of Vitrine with Shell, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Vitrine Installation, Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/72.jpg?0 "Detail of Vitrine with Vulvas, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Detail of Vitrine with Vulvas, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Vitrine Installation, Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/61.jpg?0 "Installation of drawings, sculptures, and objects, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Installation of drawings, sculptures, and objects, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Hair and wax on paper](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/63.jpg?0 ""It is necessary to forget in order to go on living." from "Secrets are Impossible here"")
"It is necessary to forget in order to go on living." from "Secrets are Impossible here"
2000 - 2009
Hair and wax on paper
5 x 7 feet
2000 - 2009
Hair and wax on paper
5 x 7 feet
Detail from installation at Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee, 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Hair and wax on paper](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/64.jpg?0 "Detail from "It is necessary to forget in order to go on living." from "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Detail from "It is necessary to forget in order to go on living." from "Secrets are Impossible here"
2000 - 2009
Hair and wax on paper
5 x 7 feet
2000 - 2009
Hair and wax on paper
5 x 7 feet
Detail from installation at Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee, 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Hair and wax on paper](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/65.jpg?0 "Close-up detail from "It is necessary to forget in order to go on living." from "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Close-up detail from "It is necessary to forget in order to go on living." from "Secrets are Impossible here"
2000 - 2009
Hair and wax on paper
5 x 7 feet
2000 - 2009
Hair and wax on paper
5 x 7 feet
Detail from installation at Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee, 2009
![Amy Finkbeiner Installation Images Hair, wax, wood](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/amyfinkb/thumb/67.jpg?0 "Cat-O-Nine-Tails, "Secrets are Impossible here"")
Cat-O-Nine-Tails, "Secrets are Impossible here"
Hair, wax, wood
Handle, 3 inches
Hair, wax, wood
Handle, 3 inches
Detail from Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
Drawings and objects at Wilson Hall Atrium, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
Icon of Marianne Faithfull
Detail from drawings and objects at Washington and Lee, Wilson Hall Atrium, October 2009
Wall drawing, Wilson Hall Entrance, Washington and Lee University, October 2009
