Hybridization Machine
Artist
Saya Woolfalk
(American (b. Japan), b. 1979)
CultureAmerican
Date2013
MediumMannequin, fabric, steel sculpture, video monitors, and video
Dimensions80 × 46 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (203.2 × 118.1 × 40 cm)
Other (Height without floating skull): 69 in. (175.3 cm)
Other (Height without floating skull): 69 in. (175.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Meredith and Brother Rutter and Joseph T. Waldo
Object number2015.1
Not on view
Label TextSaya Woolfalk
American, b. Japan 1979
Hybridization Machine, 2013
Mixed media
Museum purchase with funds provided by Meredith and Brother Rutter and Joseph T. Waldo 2015.1
ProvenancePurchased from the artist via Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY, by Chrysler Museum of Art, March 2015.Exhibition History"The Shadows Took Shape," Studio Museum, Harlem, NY, November 14, 2013 - March 9, 2014.
"In the Box: Saya Woolfalk: ChimaTEK Life Products," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, November 20, 2014 - May 31, 2015.
"Saya Woolfalk: The Empathic Universe," Museum of Arts and Design, New York, April 12–September 7, 2025; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, May 22, 2026 - September 7, 2026.Published ReferencesAlexandra Schwartz, ed.,_Saya Woolfalk: Empathic Universe_ New York, NY, Museum of Arts and Design,2025), p.102.
Bruce Davidson