Artist Paola Pivi poses in the sandwiched cushions of her work 'Milano', part of her exhibition at Contemporary Calgary. Pivi's works can be seen through to March 2. Brent Calver/Postmedia /Brent Calver/PostmediaPhoto by Brent Calver/Postmedia

Italian artist Paola Pivi's first Canadian solo exhibit whimsical, political

by · Calgary Herald

The piece of artwork viewers are likely to see first when visiting Paola Pivi’s Come check it out at Contemporary Calgary is a replica of the Statue of Liberty wearing a mask of an Afghani woman.

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The piece is called It’s Me and is a smaller version of you know who I am, a large-scale cast bronze replica of that statue that was exhibited at the High Line in New York wearing various masks that would rotate every two months.