A conceptual piece by Bay Area Chicana artist Viviana Paredes, the tongue hangs on a wall, just one of more than 100 works of art collected over the years by Pickett's late parents, Ralph and Sheila the elder.
Ralph and Sheila were fixtures in the artist-collector-gallery nexus of San Jose for decades and left a formidable collection dating back to 1960, when they lived in New York.
The Paredes piece in question was originally part of an installation she created, My Pocha Tongues, made with glass and traditional herbs used to heal the breath, lungs, and mouth.
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