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Also offering commentary was Lydia Nobles, who designed her booth from Kourosh Mahboubian of New York’s Kapow Gallery to resemble an abortion clinic waiting room. Each $6,000 “chair” inside is a sculpture inspired by a woman’s story of receiving an abortion—including her own.
“In late 2019, I was getting an abortion and they were playing Say Yes to the Dress in the waiting room,” Nobles told Artnet News.
Lydia Nobles with her installation “In the Waiting Room,” curated by Kapow Gallery, New York, at Spring Break Art Show New York, 2023. Photo by Matthew Cascone.
Inspired by that uncomfortable juxtaposition, she began reaching out to people on social media about their abortion stories, sharing them so that anyone getting the procedure can better know what to expect.
