
Muybridge Plate #136, Woman Shifting Her Weight with Arms on Hip, Arms Behind Back
Sturtevant's gelatin silver print revisits Eadweard Muybridge's iconic motion study sequence, appropriating his systematic documentation of the female body in movement. True to her lifelong practice of repetition as critical inquiry, Sturtevant replicates the gridded photographic frames capturing a woman shifting her weight through a series of poses. The work challenges notions of authorship and originality, forcing a reconsideration of who holds power over the image and the body it depicts.
- Medium
- gelatin silver print
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art and Design Evening Sale
March 3, 2015
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