Hannah Wilke was an original, innovative feminist-conceptual
artist who used countless channels of photography, performance, sculpture,
and video to observe and challenge dominant philosophies of sexuality and femininity.
She focused on feminist issues by being the first feminist artist to use
vaginal imagery in her work. Her black and white series of art pieces known as
her “Performalist Self-Portraits” of 1974 comprised of the artist transforming
her own body into an incongruous, satirical statement on feminine beauty. This
often included her body topless and pinned up somewhere — with tiny chewed up
pieces of bubble gum scarring her body as depicted blemishes.
“I chose gum because it’s the
perfect metaphor for the American woman — chew her up, get what you want out of
her, throw her out, and pop in a new piece.”
This symbolism and thought of the artist stood out to me
because it is something that every woman can probably relate to at some point
in her life. Not only just a social issue of the past, but even today, people are
quick to degrade the value of a woman and often get rid of relationships to move on from once they are done being benefited from the affair.
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| Hannah Wilke, S.O.S. — Starification Object Series |
Other source: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/hannah-wilke
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