
S.0.S. Starification Object Series
A grid of black and white photographs depicts the artist herself posing in various seductive and confrontational stances, her body adorned with small pieces of chewing gum shaped into vulva-like forms pressed onto her skin. Wilke challenges conventional representations of femininity and the male gaze by simultaneously embodying and subverting the role of the glamorous female subject. The work provocatively connects beauty, sexuality, and scarification to explore the objectification of women's bodies in popular culture.
- Medium
- black and white photograph
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 16, 2014
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