Cig Harvey's "I Always Wanted to Read the Dictionary from Start to Finish" 40x40" unframed

Reprised from the archives of a 2007 Kate Spade Photoshoot, Cig Harvey, is a British-born artist, photographer, writer and educator based in Maine. Her work seeks to find the magical in every day life, using images and language to explore sensory experiences and elevate the mundane. Cig Harvey’s photographs and books are in the permanent collections of many museums and private collections across the world including The Library of Congress (New York); Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts; Philadelphia Museum of Art, (Pennsylvania); Yale University; Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, Texas); the Farnsworth Art Museum (Maine, USA); the International Museum of Photography and Film at the George Eastman House (New York), and the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection. About the piece: "Inspired by my portfolios, The Impossible Tasks and You Look at Me Like an Emergency, I collaborated with Kate Spade to make a body of work entitled “I’ve Always Wanted To….” Brainstorming ideas of everything on our bucket lists, we wrote down all the things we always had a burning desire deep inside to do. Read the dictionary, learn how to play the piano, knit a 50-foot scarf, go bird watching, become fluent in French, wear a red dress to the opera in Italy."