Micah Bloom (American, b. North Dakota)
Tugs and Kisses, 2008
Mixed media: vintage photograph, popsicle stick, red thread, glass bead, black mat board, wood frame
Approximately 5 × 7 in. (framed)
Signed lower right: Bloom. Dated LL, 2008.
Tugs and Kisses captures both the mechanics of the piece and its emotional register simultaneously. The tug is literal (the stick, the thread) and the kisses are implied but absent, which is what gives it its quiet ache.
