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Hannah Wilke — S.0.S. Starification Object Series
Hannah Wilke

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

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 16, 2014

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Hannah Wilke, 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
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Body, Conceptual, American, Photograph, Performance, Portrait, Feminist, Provocative, Black and White, Contemporary

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