Identity Complex Mirror is a mirror that encourages viewers to reflect on themselves and their own relationship to their identity. A large part of the work focuses on the beauty standards that women are encouraged to meet and often comply with through means such as makeup and cosmetic procedures.

Vintage tin cans and steel dollhouses, stainless steel screws, aluminum rivets, 10 k. gold rivets.

Dimensions: 33.25” H x 25” W x 1.5” D

The statement that wraps around the tin can mirror in lettering from recycled tin cans:

”Can't stand that person in the mirror, Make me over, paint my face, airbrush my blemish, color my hair, Botox my wrinkles, reduce the appearance of fine lines, erase the circles under my eyes, tattoo my lips, pencil my brows, masque my imperfections, whiten my teeth, soft focus, perfect lighting. Am I visibly firm? Is there an age defying complex?”

Complex Identity Chair is made by Harriete Estel Berman to accompany the complex identity mirror

This mirror was designed to be displayed with the vanity seat (shown right), which is now in the Permanent Collection of the Racine Art Museum. It took me so many years to solve all the fabrication problems for this very complicated mirror that the vanity seat and the mirror are now separated.