Found Object is a piece whose name makes reference to the artist’s find of a shaving blade marketed for women, with the brand named Nymph. The actual packaging stated that it was a ‘lady’s blade’.

The blade is glued on the front of a piece of acrylic about 30 by 42 inches. The pane of acrylic is attached three inches from the wall with metal hardware. The text Touch me with your tongue is etched at the bottom of the acrylic creating a shadow on the wall. Lady’s Blade is written on the wall behind the razor.

The piece functions within a feminist reading of the public and a private spheres. The public voice speaks of a status quo, authoritarian and violent, whose main desire is the molding of woman into submissive, nymph-like creatures. The intimate, private voice is represented by the invitation: Touch me with your tongue, which should be sensual but it is also a violent refusal to conform. Are we invited to touch the blade with our tongues?