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VOICE BODY PRINTS

2012-13

As an undergrad art major with a drawing specialization, I focused my work on the figure, specifically self-portraiture. To go even further back, while growing up, I took self-portraits with my camera starting at about age 6. I have always been interested in the relationship of the outside of my body to the inside.  With literal self-portraiture and journal writing I express myself and my attempt to get to know myself continues.


Seeing an exhibit in 2011 which I produced, Les Femmes Folles, the women's work using the female form brought me back to my passion. self-portraiture via photography, now nude, my figure in its literal barest.  


I saw an exhibit of Yves Klein's "Anthropometries" then and was instantly inspired. I loved the idea of women expressing themselves with their bodies so courageously and blatantly, albeit led by a male.  After researching body-printing artists, many people have worked to honor Mr. Klein with body-printing of women by men, and even men by women, etc. mostly in monochromatic form as was the original artist's work.


I explore the use of my own female body via body-prints, using my kid's tempera-paint as medium (a nod in mind to this role).  The process of painting myself by myself is meditating, as I use various colors intuitively and physically stamp myself onto paper or canvas. The brushstrokes reflect expressively and the outcome, recalling the ink-blot images of psychiatry used to inquire into minds of patients.


The result is another form of self-portraiture, closer to center, to the raw form that is the human form, and very personable, as I am doing my own body-print over and over. 


The curly-prints from my pubic hair give the image an erotic flair. The white stamped nipples provide a ghostly aura, and the various drips and lines echoes the beautiful in-determinism that is visual art and life.


The quotes transcribed upon some of the body-prints are taken from various interviews I conducted with women for my blog ("Les Femmes Folles") about feminism, art and womanhood. They do not necessarily represent my thoughts, but represent the continuous voices in life--singularly, valid and insightful, but, altogether, somewhat haphazard and can confuse a woman working to find her own voice. 


Erotic and graceful, bold and passive, displaying feminine and masculine qualities,  a call to feminist art, a continued search for my voice via self-portraits.

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Originally, I had around 30 voice body prints. They have since all sold but 2.

VOICE Body Prints: Projects

VOICE BODY PRINTS

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ANDROGYNY

acrylic and ink on canvas
18x24"

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DOUBLE EDGED SWORD

acrylic and ink on canvas
18x24"

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OFFER

acrylic and ink on paper
18x24"

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MASCULINE-FEMININE

acrylic and pencil on paper
18x24"

VOICE Body Prints: Projects
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