Images of Work
Below are images of Emily Sara’s work.
Image descriptions can be found at bottom of the page.
































Image 1
UNTITLED (SERVICE DOG PATCH #1), 2022. holographic vinyl, canvas, nylon string, bubble wrap, paper, foam composite, acrylic paint, sharpie, oversized dog hair, chronic pain, velcro, wire, fatigue. Dimensions about the size of a pillow. Part of an ongoing series.
An oversized service dog patch—part sculpture, part painting, part poster—hangs on a white wall. It’s pink holographic material with black embroidered thread in a felt marker font. It says when insurance doesn’t pay for wheelchairs that’s eugenics. The word eugenics is much larger and takes up half the patch.
Image 2
UNTITLED (SERVICE DOG PATCH #2), 2022. canvas, nylon string, bubble wrap, paper, foam composite, acrylic paint, sharpie, oversized dog hair, chronic pain, velcro, wire, fatigue. Dimensions about the size of an oversized pillow. Part of an ongoing series.
A large blue patch hanging on a white wall with a dark blue playful sans serif type embroidered in nylon string and bookended with simple illustrations of embroidered red flowers. It says people love using the word accessible while also not making anything accessible. The type is very spaced out and has a diy feel to it and a black border.
Image 3
Untitled. An install shot from Tall In The Trap, Rotvoll Kunstnerkollektiv, Norway, 2021. An illustration hung up on a wall with four tacks that are resin pieces of chewed up baby pink gum. The illustration is of a door wrapped in colorful rope, balancing on what looks like bricks.
Image 4
Untitled. Another install shot from Tall In The Trap hung up by the sculpted pieces of chewed up gum. The illustration is of two doors held up by tape and strings with a pile of colorful rope and a red piece of fabric balancing on top of it.
Image 5
Untitled. Another install shot from Tall In The Trap hung up by the sculpted pieces of chewed up gum. The illustration is of a bunch of rope and colorful lines being held up by black wire and cartoonish looking tape.
Image 6
Untitled. Another install shot from Tall In The Trap hung up by the sculpted pieces of chewed up gum. The illustration is of half a door with rope bundles, wire, tape and general chaos.
Image 7
Untitled. Another install shot from Tall In The Trap hung up by the sculpted pieces of chewed up gum. The illustration is of a large pink rope or line that is taped to the background. Over the rope or line is a chain holding up the word disabled that is covered by a red blanket. The word is written in a Disney type font.
Image 8
Untitled. Another install shot from Tall In The Trap hung up by the sculpted pieces of chewed up gum. The illustration is of a door with thick colorful lines across it and an even thicker green rope line that is held up by cartoonish tape as well.
Image 9
Untitled. Another install shot from Tall In The Trap hung up by the sculpted pieces of chewed up gum. The illustration is of—you guessed it—another illustrated door. It is surrounded by tape and wire and help up on faux wood like sticks.
Image 10
Untitled. Another install shot from Tall In The Trap hung up by the sculpted pieces of chewed up gum. The illustration is of frowning faces taped to the wall with rope and strings about. The bottom of the illustration looks like the interior of a domestic scene with a cat like robot in the left corner.
Image 11
Untitled. Another install shot from Tall In The Trap hung up by the sculpted pieces of chewed up gum. The illustration is of two doors wrapped in lines or colorful rope. The two doors are on top of each other, like the larger door is giving a piggy back ride to the smaller door. Or something like that.
Image 12
Untitled. Another install shot from Tall In The Trap hung up by the sculpted pieces of chewed up gum. The illustration is of a giant pretzel rod holding three doors on strings that are also slightly resting on blue bricks. Duh.
Image 13
A close up shot from image number two. It shows the chewed up gum tack in slightly better detail.
Image 14
Untitled. A picture of three sculptures which is a saltine with dangly earrings. The saltines on the end have beads on them. The saltine in the middle has earrings with E’s on them.
Image 15
Untitled. An install shot from the show Compression Socks. It comprises of two framed illustrations on the left—both in black and white. And a third illustration on the right which is a vinyl cut out of an illustration of a door. A shower chair is available for seating in the foreground. Saltines with earrings are hanging on the wall on the right. Images of hearing aid stickers (from batteries) dance along the wall in front of a thick blue strip that runs behind everything.
Image 16
Untitled. An install shot from the show Compression Socks. It’s of three fabricated extra large yellow potato chips that have dangly earrings. The beads are reminiscent of pony beads and are a variety of pinks, blues and purples.
Image 17
Untitled. An illustration that is cut out of vinyl. The image is of a door with feet hanging from the window. Images of hearing aid stickers (from batteries) dance along the wall in front of a thick blue strip that runs behind everything.
Image 18
Untitled. A large painted animation cell from a cut out bear in plexiglass. The illustration has holes and hanging items on strings. Images of hearing aid stickers (from batteries) dance along the wall in front of a thick blue strip that runs behind everything.
Image 19
Untitled. A large nacho cheese Dorito sculpture with puffy glittery green heart earrings. The earrings are studs and not dangly.
Image 20
Untitled. A metal button from the show Compression Socks. It is resting on one of the shower chairs that were available for seating. The buttons are blue with white type and say “this building should be accessible.” All of the buttons, except one that is laying out, are being offered to visitors in a pink hospital kidney dish
Image 21
Untitled. An image painted directly onto a wall. It's in a cartoon-esq style. On the left is pink door without a handle. It has an illustration of a teacup balancing on top. To theright is a tall candle that is placed inside of a cartoon heel-type shoe. To the right of that is a smaller illustration of a framed piece of wood that has two cast donuts balancing on it—which roughly resemble eyes. The door has a long stethoscope hanging on it.
Image 22
Untitled. A sculpture that is a large broken piece of a dorito chip. It's bright orange with texture and it is hanging on a weathered white brick wall. The piece is about twelve inches high by twelve inches wide but in a triangular form.
Image 23
Untitled. A gouache painting on paper. It is in a cartoon style and is mostly black lines of a girl with a single braid. She has a droopy eye with pink eyelids being pulled down by a wishbone on a string that is attached to her neck.
Image 24
Untitled. A variety of chopped up cartoon images back painted on a gallery window using acrylic paint. It has a medley of items including a small chair, droopy arrow, a framed piece of wood taped up, a balloon arm with a broken necklace and cherries dangling. Everything is interconnected with a black string.
Image 25
Untitled. Another chopped up cartoon-esq painting. It is back painted on a piece of acrylic. The piece is balanced on two my little ponies that are sawed in half and attached to the wall. The ponies are blue and roughly two and a half feet tall. The whole piece is about seven feet long.
Image 26
Untitled. A detail of the previous image. It depicts a smurf body, a coat and hooved legs. The character is holding a floppy object that is wrapped with multiple bands. An arrow pierces the smurf foot head.
Image 27
Untitled. An extra large saltine that is hung on a white wall. The texture is bumpy like a cracker and it is salted, as well. This sculpture is about fifteen inches square.
Image 28
Untitled. An illustration. It is a pink polka dot abdomen with arms and legs. The hands are scribbles. The feet are platform shoes and multicolored. The abdomen is wearing a brown backpack of sorts.
Image 29
Untitled. An image taken from a gallery opening where large toy furniture has been pieced together as a platform for chocolate buttons, plates and pre chewed chewing gum. The wooden toy is of a rocking horse but cannot be actually used by a child because it is just pieced together. People are standing around the sculpture and eating the chocolate.
Image 30
Untitled. Another iteration from the previous photo—it is of a wooden toy bed. On the bed are colorful pieces of chocolate that have been cast into the shapes of plates, buttons and pre chewed chewing gum.
Image 31
Untitled. An illustration. It is a shape that resembles a pink rib cage but is more symmetrical than the one found in a human abdomen. It is filled with a medley of colorful objects. They include bones, barrettes and other miscellaneous objects.
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Untitled. A black and white diptych, which incorporates chopped up cartoon characters that are balancing on a pillow and a box respectively. They are monster-esq and each have a can dangling over their head.
Image 33
Untitled. An illustration. It is of a blue body with an enlarged peach ribcage resting around the abdomen. The feet area is a gradient of black. A purple fanny pack type object encases its legs. Its ribcage is filled with miscellaneous objects, including bones.