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Some time ago, I was introduced to the work of Sonya Clark. It encapsulates the truth, which resides in our bodies. Hair, for example, contains information about our biology that we often neglect or forget. Our predispositions, if you believe they exist are engrained in every part of the body. Clark explores hair in such a way that brings her understanding and experiences to everyone (not just African-American men and women). One of the many reasons I love Clark’s work is…
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Art / Body Art / Body Image / contemporary art / feminism / Feminist Art / Hair / human condition / re-appropriation / Sculpture / Sonya Clark / Textiles / visual culture¶¶¶¶¶
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A few weeks ago, my girlfriend and I went to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and watched Rottenberg’s new work entitled, Squeeze (2010). I titled part of my entry as ‘Interdependence’ because, coincidentially, I’ve been reading about interdepedence with others (and, even with inantimate objects) through a Buddhist lens and trying to incorporate that awareness within a meditative practice. Not only does Mika Rottenberg’s new work showcase the notion of interdependence, her entire body of work intermingles body image, use of the body, consumerism and labor.…
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Body Image / consumerism / feminism / Feminist Art / Film / Gesture / Interdependence / Labor / Manufacturing / Mika Rottenberg / repetition / SFMOMA / Squeeze / Video / Video Installation / Whitney Biennele / Women’s Studies¶¶¶¶¶
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 