Mills has
long shown a sly gift for puns, double entendres, and other verbal games, and
his work of the last six years is riddled with such word games. Much of this stems from language
already present in the charts and maps he uses. “European Commerce” says the chart, and Mills has altered
the title at top to read "I Get Mine, See?" but titles the work I Get Yours, which is, of course, the
point in imperialism. If the
viewer looks closely at the dress-patterns that have been added, additional
words enter the fray: "yoke," "collar," "belt,"
"cuff," suddenly cease to be the parts of a shirt, and become a
strategy for world domination and political aggression.
—Jeff Abell, from the essay, "Please Cross Out the Correct Response," Detector exhibition
brochure, 2003
