Titled for Yayoi Kusama, who is the cat's pyjamas.
Tracey Moffatt (by BrooklynMuseum)
“I didn’t even stop to wait for the right to make art, I just did it”
“…we know most Black actresses were forced to play the maid. And what I’m trying to say with ‘Lip’ is that, yes, unfortunately a lot of these brilliant women actresses were forced to play the maid, but what a good job they did.”
Moffat usually really avoids attempts to label her work by it’s recurring themes of race and sexual politics, but she does half seriously answer questions here about feminism, Hollywood, race and her classic short film Lip. Plus she cites beating up her brother as a feminist act.
