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Pamela Rosenkranz — Because they tried to bore holes in my greatest and most beautiful work
Pamela Rosenkranz

Because they tried to bore holes in my greatest and most beautiful work

2012

"Because they tried to bore holes in my greatest and most beautiful work" is a 2015 installation by Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz that explores themes of bodily autonomy, violation, and artistic integrity through the presentation of a sculptural form within a vitrine. The work references both the artist's own body and broader questions about how bodies and artworks are subjected to invasive examination and control. Rosenkranz's practice typically engages with biotechnology and the aestheticization of bodily materials, positioning this piece within her larger investigation of the boundaries between the organic and the constructed.

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Pamela Rosenkranz, Because they tried to bore holes in my greatest and most beautiful work, 2012

"Because they tried to bore holes in my greatest and most beautiful work" is a 2015 installation by Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz that explores themes of bodily autonomy, violation, and artistic integrity through the presentation of a sculptural form within a vitrine. The work references both the artist's own body and broader questions about how bodies and artworks are subjected to invasive examination and control. Rosenkranz's practice typically engages with biotechnology and the aestheticization of bodily materials, positioning this piece within her larger investigation of the boundaries between the organic and the constructed.

Year
2012
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

bodily transformation, Installation, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Unsettling, 21st Century, Swiss Artist, biological intervention, body modification, Contemporary

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