amalgaZORAN TODOROVIC | +This work encompasses a series of events culminating in the production of soap made from the artist’s fat. In addition to the resulting soap, the installation involves exhibiting of photo and video documentation of the entire process. Commensurate with the gallery exhibition of this work, a nearby apartment with a bathroom is rented and available/offered to spectators who want to participate by testing this soap (with the assistance of curators and the artist) Photographs: Zoran Todorović, Dragan Jovanović, Dejan Grba and Ivana Vučić. *artist found via:  shinyslingback and stuffthatmakesmeuncomfortable
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amalgaZORAN TODOROVIC | +This work encompasses a series of events culminating in the production of soap made from the artist’s fat. In addition to the resulting soap, the installation involves exhibiting of photo and video documentation of the entire process. Commensurate with the gallery exhibition of this work, a nearby apartment with a bathroom is rented and available/offered to spectators who want to participate by testing this soap (with the assistance of curators and the artist) Photographs: Zoran Todorović, Dragan Jovanović, Dejan Grba and Ivana Vučić. *artist found via:  shinyslingback and stuffthatmakesmeuncomfortable
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amalgaZORAN TODOROVIC | +This work encompasses a series of events culminating in the production of soap made from the artist’s fat. In addition to the resulting soap, the installation involves exhibiting of photo and video documentation of the entire process. Commensurate with the gallery exhibition of this work, a nearby apartment with a bathroom is rented and available/offered to spectators who want to participate by testing this soap (with the assistance of curators and the artist) Photographs: Zoran Todorović, Dragan Jovanović, Dejan Grba and Ivana Vučić. *artist found via:  shinyslingback and stuffthatmakesmeuncomfortable
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amalgaZORAN TODOROVIC | +This work encompasses a series of events culminating in the production of soap made from the artist’s fat. In addition to the resulting soap, the installation involves exhibiting of photo and video documentation of the entire process. Commensurate with the gallery exhibition of this work, a nearby apartment with a bathroom is rented and available/offered to spectators who want to participate by testing this soap (with the assistance of curators and the artist) Photographs: Zoran Todorović, Dragan Jovanović, Dejan Grba and Ivana Vučić. *artist found via:  shinyslingback and stuffthatmakesmeuncomfortable
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amalgaZORAN TODOROVIC | +This work encompasses a series of events culminating in the production of soap made from the artist’s fat. In addition to the resulting soap, the installation involves exhibiting of photo and video documentation of the entire process. Commensurate with the gallery exhibition of this work, a nearby apartment with a bathroom is rented and available/offered to spectators who want to participate by testing this soap (with the assistance of curators and the artist) Photographs: Zoran Todorović, Dragan Jovanović, Dejan Grba and Ivana Vučić. *artist found via:  shinyslingback and stuffthatmakesmeuncomfortable
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amalgaZORAN TODOROVIC | +This work encompasses a series of events culminating in the production of soap made from the artist’s fat. In addition to the resulting soap, the installation involves exhibiting of photo and video documentation of the entire process. Commensurate with the gallery exhibition of this work, a nearby apartment with a bathroom is rented and available/offered to spectators who want to participate by testing this soap (with the assistance of curators and the artist) Photographs: Zoran Todorović, Dragan Jovanović, Dejan Grba and Ivana Vučić. *artist found via:  shinyslingback and stuffthatmakesmeuncomfortable
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amalgaZORAN TODOROVIC | +This work encompasses a series of events culminating in the production of soap made from the artist’s fat. In addition to the resulting soap, the installation involves exhibiting of photo and video documentation of the entire process. Commensurate with the gallery exhibition of this work, a nearby apartment with a bathroom is rented and available/offered to spectators who want to participate by testing this soap (with the assistance of curators and the artist) Photographs: Zoran Todorović, Dragan Jovanović, Dejan Grba and Ivana Vučić. *artist found via:  shinyslingback and stuffthatmakesmeuncomfortable
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amalgaZORAN TODOROVIC | +This work encompasses a series of events culminating in the production of soap made from the artist’s fat. In addition to the resulting soap, the installation involves exhibiting of photo and video documentation of the entire process. Commensurate with the gallery exhibition of this work, a nearby apartment with a bathroom is rented and available/offered to spectators who want to participate by testing this soap (with the assistance of curators and the artist) Photographs: Zoran Todorović, Dragan Jovanović, Dejan Grba and Ivana Vučić. *artist found via:  shinyslingback and stuffthatmakesmeuncomfortable
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ZORAN TODOROVIC | +

This work encompasses a series of events culminating in the production of soap made from the artist’s fat. In addition to the resulting soap, the installation involves exhibiting of photo and video documentation of the entire process.

Commensurate with the gallery exhibition of this work, a nearby apartment with a bathroom is rented and available/offered to spectators who want to participate by testing this soap (with the assistance of curators and the artist)

Photographs: Zoran Todorović, Dragan Jovanović, Dejan Grba and Ivana Vučić.

*artist found via:  shinyslingback and stuffthatmakesmeuncomfortable

Ismail Bahri | + Blood Ink| photographic series 40x40 cm 2009  in the artist’s words: the ink penetrates the pores in small doses, to form small mazes, suggesting a halo, swarming organic or celestial landscapes. Dissemination of ink suggests nightfall, constellation — making visible the gradual withering bodies, {the}feeling of impending drowsiness of the body  (pillaging my archives)
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Ismail Bahri | + Blood Ink| photographic series 40x40 cm 2009  in the artist’s words: the ink penetrates the pores in small doses, to form small mazes, suggesting a halo, swarming organic or celestial landscapes. Dissemination of ink suggests nightfall, constellation — making visible the gradual withering bodies, {the}feeling of impending drowsiness of the body  (pillaging my archives)
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Ismail Bahri | + Blood Ink| photographic series 40x40 cm 2009  in the artist’s words: the ink penetrates the pores in small doses, to form small mazes, suggesting a halo, swarming organic or celestial landscapes. Dissemination of ink suggests nightfall, constellation — making visible the gradual withering bodies, {the}feeling of impending drowsiness of the body  (pillaging my archives)
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Ismail Bahri | + Blood Ink| photographic series 40x40 cm 2009  in the artist’s words: the ink penetrates the pores in small doses, to form small mazes, suggesting a halo, swarming organic or celestial landscapes. Dissemination of ink suggests nightfall, constellation — making visible the gradual withering bodies, {the}feeling of impending drowsiness of the body  (pillaging my archives)
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Ismail Bahri | +

Blood Ink| photographic series 40x40 cm 2009 

in the artist’s words: the ink penetrates the pores in small doses, to form small mazes, suggesting a halo, swarming organic or celestial landscapes. Dissemination of ink suggests nightfall, constellation — making visible the gradual withering bodies, {the}feeling of impending drowsiness of the body 

(pillaging my archives)

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RYOKO SUZUKI—Bind Bind shows a woman who has to deal with her female sexuality. In this series, Suzuki bound herself with pigskin, which had been soaked in her own blood as a symbol of womanhood. Suzuki has said this work speaks to her transformation from a child to a woman and addresses both the anxiety and ignorance she felt at this point in her life MARINA ABRAMOVIC— Balkan BaroqueThe original piece was performed in the Venice as part of the Biennale— Abramović sat cleaning the bones, amid blood and stench.  The enormous, seemingly impossible and bloody task plays on her suffering, the artist’s inability to express or comprehend the enormity of the crimes and violence that make up her cultural history.  ORLAN— carnal art Orlan has undergone numerous plastic surgeries in an attempt to make herself look like her computer-generated collage, built from idealized figures from art history. The point, however, is not simply for Orlan literally to become a work of art—each operation is treated as a performance piece in its own right. Orlan only allows herself to be given local anesthetics and thus is able, from the operating table, to direct the transformation of the surgical theater into her personal performance space. MARY COBLE— blood scriptBlood Script was a live performance piece that took place at the PULSE Art Fair at Pier 40 in New York City, New York in 2008. The artist meticulously documented inscriptions from three previous performances and compiled a list of over 200 hateful words and phrases that had been written on her in marker, by viewers, in various languages. For Blood Script, the artist had 75 of the most common words tattooed onto her skin, without ink. Using decorative letters, she attempts to play with the dichotomy between the beautiful visual form of the words and the ugly meanings they convey semantically. *for ISSUES & IMAGES: flesh + blood lecturea selection of female artists using blood as a medium in the production of art
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RYOKO SUZUKI—Bind Bind shows a woman who has to deal with her female sexuality. In this series, Suzuki bound herself with pigskin, which had been soaked in her own blood as a symbol of womanhood. Suzuki has said this work speaks to her transformation from a child to a woman and addresses both the anxiety and ignorance she felt at this point in her life MARINA ABRAMOVIC— Balkan BaroqueThe original piece was performed in the Venice as part of the Biennale— Abramović sat cleaning the bones, amid blood and stench.  The enormous, seemingly impossible and bloody task plays on her suffering, the artist’s inability to express or comprehend the enormity of the crimes and violence that make up her cultural history.  ORLAN— carnal art Orlan has undergone numerous plastic surgeries in an attempt to make herself look like her computer-generated collage, built from idealized figures from art history. The point, however, is not simply for Orlan literally to become a work of art—each operation is treated as a performance piece in its own right. Orlan only allows herself to be given local anesthetics and thus is able, from the operating table, to direct the transformation of the surgical theater into her personal performance space. MARY COBLE— blood scriptBlood Script was a live performance piece that took place at the PULSE Art Fair at Pier 40 in New York City, New York in 2008. The artist meticulously documented inscriptions from three previous performances and compiled a list of over 200 hateful words and phrases that had been written on her in marker, by viewers, in various languages. For Blood Script, the artist had 75 of the most common words tattooed onto her skin, without ink. Using decorative letters, she attempts to play with the dichotomy between the beautiful visual form of the words and the ugly meanings they convey semantically. *for ISSUES & IMAGES: flesh + blood lecturea selection of female artists using blood as a medium in the production of art
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RYOKO SUZUKI—Bind Bind shows a woman who has to deal with her female sexuality. In this series, Suzuki bound herself with pigskin, which had been soaked in her own blood as a symbol of womanhood. Suzuki has said this work speaks to her transformation from a child to a woman and addresses both the anxiety and ignorance she felt at this point in her life MARINA ABRAMOVIC— Balkan BaroqueThe original piece was performed in the Venice as part of the Biennale— Abramović sat cleaning the bones, amid blood and stench.  The enormous, seemingly impossible and bloody task plays on her suffering, the artist’s inability to express or comprehend the enormity of the crimes and violence that make up her cultural history.  ORLAN— carnal art Orlan has undergone numerous plastic surgeries in an attempt to make herself look like her computer-generated collage, built from idealized figures from art history. The point, however, is not simply for Orlan literally to become a work of art—each operation is treated as a performance piece in its own right. Orlan only allows herself to be given local anesthetics and thus is able, from the operating table, to direct the transformation of the surgical theater into her personal performance space. MARY COBLE— blood scriptBlood Script was a live performance piece that took place at the PULSE Art Fair at Pier 40 in New York City, New York in 2008. The artist meticulously documented inscriptions from three previous performances and compiled a list of over 200 hateful words and phrases that had been written on her in marker, by viewers, in various languages. For Blood Script, the artist had 75 of the most common words tattooed onto her skin, without ink. Using decorative letters, she attempts to play with the dichotomy between the beautiful visual form of the words and the ugly meanings they convey semantically. *for ISSUES & IMAGES: flesh + blood lecturea selection of female artists using blood as a medium in the production of art
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RYOKO SUZUKI—Bind Bind shows a woman who has to deal with her female sexuality. In this series, Suzuki bound herself with pigskin, which had been soaked in her own blood as a symbol of womanhood. Suzuki has said this work speaks to her transformation from a child to a woman and addresses both the anxiety and ignorance she felt at this point in her life MARINA ABRAMOVIC— Balkan BaroqueThe original piece was performed in the Venice as part of the Biennale— Abramović sat cleaning the bones, amid blood and stench.  The enormous, seemingly impossible and bloody task plays on her suffering, the artist’s inability to express or comprehend the enormity of the crimes and violence that make up her cultural history.  ORLAN— carnal art Orlan has undergone numerous plastic surgeries in an attempt to make herself look like her computer-generated collage, built from idealized figures from art history. The point, however, is not simply for Orlan literally to become a work of art—each operation is treated as a performance piece in its own right. Orlan only allows herself to be given local anesthetics and thus is able, from the operating table, to direct the transformation of the surgical theater into her personal performance space. MARY COBLE— blood scriptBlood Script was a live performance piece that took place at the PULSE Art Fair at Pier 40 in New York City, New York in 2008. The artist meticulously documented inscriptions from three previous performances and compiled a list of over 200 hateful words and phrases that had been written on her in marker, by viewers, in various languages. For Blood Script, the artist had 75 of the most common words tattooed onto her skin, without ink. Using decorative letters, she attempts to play with the dichotomy between the beautiful visual form of the words and the ugly meanings they convey semantically. *for ISSUES & IMAGES: flesh + blood lecturea selection of female artists using blood as a medium in the production of art
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RYOKO SUZUKI—Bind Bind shows a woman who has to deal with her female sexuality. In this series, Suzuki bound herself with pigskin, which had been soaked in her own blood as a symbol of womanhood. Suzuki has said this work speaks to her transformation from a child to a woman and addresses both the anxiety and ignorance she felt at this point in her life MARINA ABRAMOVIC— Balkan BaroqueThe original piece was performed in the Venice as part of the Biennale— Abramović sat cleaning the bones, amid blood and stench.  The enormous, seemingly impossible and bloody task plays on her suffering, the artist’s inability to express or comprehend the enormity of the crimes and violence that make up her cultural history.  ORLAN— carnal art Orlan has undergone numerous plastic surgeries in an attempt to make herself look like her computer-generated collage, built from idealized figures from art history. The point, however, is not simply for Orlan literally to become a work of art—each operation is treated as a performance piece in its own right. Orlan only allows herself to be given local anesthetics and thus is able, from the operating table, to direct the transformation of the surgical theater into her personal performance space. MARY COBLE— blood scriptBlood Script was a live performance piece that took place at the PULSE Art Fair at Pier 40 in New York City, New York in 2008. The artist meticulously documented inscriptions from three previous performances and compiled a list of over 200 hateful words and phrases that had been written on her in marker, by viewers, in various languages. For Blood Script, the artist had 75 of the most common words tattooed onto her skin, without ink. Using decorative letters, she attempts to play with the dichotomy between the beautiful visual form of the words and the ugly meanings they convey semantically. *for ISSUES & IMAGES: flesh + blood lecturea selection of female artists using blood as a medium in the production of art
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RYOKO SUZUKI—Bind Bind shows a woman who has to deal with her female sexuality. In this series, Suzuki bound herself with pigskin, which had been soaked in her own blood as a symbol of womanhood. Suzuki has said this work speaks to her transformation from a child to a woman and addresses both the anxiety and ignorance she felt at this point in her life MARINA ABRAMOVIC— Balkan BaroqueThe original piece was performed in the Venice as part of the Biennale— Abramović sat cleaning the bones, amid blood and stench.  The enormous, seemingly impossible and bloody task plays on her suffering, the artist’s inability to express or comprehend the enormity of the crimes and violence that make up her cultural history.  ORLAN— carnal art Orlan has undergone numerous plastic surgeries in an attempt to make herself look like her computer-generated collage, built from idealized figures from art history. The point, however, is not simply for Orlan literally to become a work of art—each operation is treated as a performance piece in its own right. Orlan only allows herself to be given local anesthetics and thus is able, from the operating table, to direct the transformation of the surgical theater into her personal performance space. MARY COBLE— blood scriptBlood Script was a live performance piece that took place at the PULSE Art Fair at Pier 40 in New York City, New York in 2008. The artist meticulously documented inscriptions from three previous performances and compiled a list of over 200 hateful words and phrases that had been written on her in marker, by viewers, in various languages. For Blood Script, the artist had 75 of the most common words tattooed onto her skin, without ink. Using decorative letters, she attempts to play with the dichotomy between the beautiful visual form of the words and the ugly meanings they convey semantically. *for ISSUES & IMAGES: flesh + blood lecturea selection of female artists using blood as a medium in the production of art
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  1. RYOKO SUZUKI—Bind 
    Bind shows a woman who has to deal with her female sexuality. In this series, Suzuki bound herself with pigskin, which had been soaked in her own blood as a symbol of womanhood. Suzuki has said this work speaks to her transformation from a child to a woman and addresses both the anxiety and ignorance she felt at this point in her life
  2. MARINA ABRAMOVIC— Balkan Baroque
    The original piece was performed in the Venice as part of the Biennale— Abramović sat cleaning the bones, amid blood and stench.  The enormous, seemingly impossible and bloody task plays on her suffering, the artist’s inability to express or comprehend the enormity of the crimes and violence that make up her cultural history. 
  3. ORLAN— carnal art 
    Orlan has undergone numerous plastic surgeries in an attempt to make herself look like her computer-generated collage, built from idealized figures from art history. The point, however, is not simply for Orlan literally to become a work of art—    each operation is treated as a performance piece in its own right. Orlan only allows herself to be given local anesthetics and thus is able, from the operating table, to direct the transformation of the surgical theater into her personal performance space.
  4. MARY COBLE— blood script
    Blood Script was a live performance piece that took place at the PULSE Art Fair at Pier 40 in New York City, New York in 2008. The artist meticulously documented inscriptions from three previous performances and compiled a list of over 200 hateful words and phrases that had been written on her in marker, by viewers, in various languages. For Blood Script, the artist had 75 of the most common words tattooed onto her skin, without ink.     Using decorative letters, she attempts to play with the dichotomy between the beautiful visual form of the words and the ugly meanings they convey semantically.

*for ISSUES & IMAGES: flesh + blood lecture
a selection of female artists using blood as a medium in the production of art

Goosebumps Regina José Galindo.performance with stainless steel refridgerator, The Artium Museum in Vitoria, Spain (Third and final installment in the Regina José Galindo posts- I’ve been researching and reading a lot about her work as I prepare a new curriculum for my Issues + Images class. Her work’ll be featured in the ‘BODY: subject, object, media’ unit)
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Goosebumps Regina José Galindo.performance with stainless steel refridgerator, The Artium Museum in Vitoria, Spain (Third and final installment in the Regina José Galindo posts- I’ve been researching and reading a lot about her work as I prepare a new curriculum for my Issues + Images class. Her work’ll be featured in the ‘BODY: subject, object, media’ unit)
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Goosebumps Regina José Galindo.performance with stainless steel refridgerator, The Artium Museum in Vitoria, Spain (Third and final installment in the Regina José Galindo posts- I’ve been researching and reading a lot about her work as I prepare a new curriculum for my Issues + Images class. Her work’ll be featured in the ‘BODY: subject, object, media’ unit)
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Regina José Galindo.

performance with stainless steel refridgerator, The Artium Museum in Vitoria, Spain

(Third and final installment in the Regina José Galindo posts- I’ve been researching and reading a lot about her work as I prepare a new curriculum for my Issues + Images class. Her work’ll be featured in the ‘BODY: subject, object, media’ unit)