This particular piece from Mierle Ukeles' current show, "Maintenance Art," relates to her views on a women role in maintenance, which to her is the desire to take action to sustain rather than to create. Here, the artist has used debris and gloves from the now closed Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island, a culmination of her desire to bring the workforce of maintenance to the forefront of society
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