Pledge Allegiance to the United States of Girl, 2025-2026, Filet Crochet, 3 x 5 ft


Taking Inspiration from the American Girl Doll collection started by Pleasant Company (and currently owned by Mattel), the project, American Girl Doll ™, uses the personal narrative of the “doll” character to perform a representation of the American Nationalist identity. By using a mix of American Traditional Craft and American Iconographic Images, the character of the doll is playing with America’s obsession with a great past that never truly existed. Behind her pink facade, she is bloody and cannibalistic. She plays house with the dead deer in her backyard and all her books are banned. She worships PARIS HILTON and her house has peeled wallpaper falling apart at every edge. 𝜗𝜚

Images of my grandmother’s house, Daughters of the Revolution - Application, & Things in a Girl’s Pocket, 
2021-2026, Inkjet & Riso Prints
American Girl Doll ™ Performance Dress, 2025


I <3 Paris Hilton, 2025-2026, Direct to Media Print on Painted Wood 



A Quilt For Friends I, 2026, Acrylic Transfer on fabric & Textiles 

Good American Girls, 2025, Inkjet Print on Wallpaper


A Quilt For Friends II, 2026, Acrylic Transfer on fabric & Textiles 


 
References

Sharp Objects / Gillian Flynn

Bones & All / Camille DeAngelis

An American Girl Anthology / Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler, K.C. Hysmith

Playing with America's Doll: A Cultural Analysis of the American Girl Collection / Emilie Zaslow

The Doll's Alphabet / Camilla Grudova

The Little Friend / Donna Tartt

A Quilt For Friends III, 2026, Acrylic Transfer on fabric & Textiles 
Unless otherwise noted, all images, text, and material © Mavourneen Dooley 2025