kusama pyjamas
Titled for Yayoi Kusama, who is the cat's pyjamas.
Artist as puppeter of cultural meaning autoreblog. Kara Walker with one of her cut-outs.
(via guerrillamamamedicine)
There’s a sweet violence in the act of cutting, of accepting and rejecting cultural stereotypes.
—Kara Walker
ambird:elephantinthepicture: insecurelobster: missquitecontrary:
“Inspired by the explorations of race, gender and sexuality in the work of American artists Kara Walker and Cindy Sherman, and London-based Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, Mary cast her own body in fibreglass and silicone to create Sophie. She then painted her a ‘flat black,’ so that she stands out like a dark and static shadow … Sophie’s eyes are always closed as if in a ‘constant ecstasy of fantasy’ and it’s in her mind that her dress becomes a thing of voluminous Victorian splendour. ‘If she opened her eyes, it would be back to work – cleaning this, dusting that. Her dress would become an ordinary maid’s uniform,’ said Mary.”
cross post my tumblrs because it’s so good.
