Sunday, February 21, 2010

Lick and Lather




"I wanted to work with the tradition of self-portraiture but also with the classical bust...I had the idea that I would make a replica of myself in chocolate and in soap, and I would feed myself with my self, and wash myself with my self. Both the licking and the bathing are quite gentle and loving acts, but what’s interesting is that I’m slowly erasing myself through the process. So for me it’s about that conflict, that love/hate relationship we have with our physical appearance, and the problem I have with looking in the mirror and thinking, ‘Is that who I am?’"

- Janine Antoni



I went to the DMA today and I think I spent most of my time in the Materials and Meanings exhibition.
I feel so inspired to experiment with different mediums and
I'm aching to make something that satisfies me at least a little.


-g


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