Eva Hesse was a post-minimalist. She worked with latex among other materials. In this piece, I decided to work with condoms to relate to her use of latex. Eva liked to test the resistance of the materials she worked with therefore I streched the condoms to see how resilient they are. Being a post-minimalist, she made everything by hand. My use of hammering down the condoms with nails emphasizes labor. Though Eva's work was neatly organized, I chose to depict different stretch points of condoms as opposed to focusing on organization.
As you can see here, each condom is stretched to a different magnitude; the one stretched the most, ripped.
Mateo I believe this piece in particular is very successful in regards to what the WARP book assignments are about. I have always felt that some women artists are very feminine and when I researched on Eva Hesse I just felt this strong notion of maternity. Even the piece I made for her was a inspired by the idea of the umbilical cord. But with your piece I can definitely see that there is a male version of Eva Hesse. I am really attracted to how you pouched the material to it's own boundary. (We talked about that today at ICA and somehow relates to this perfectly).
ResponderEliminarThank you. To be honest, my intention was not to show a male version of Eva Hesse. I was purely stretching (no pun intended) the material (latex) as she would have. However, I do see how it can read as masculine. That's actually what Carol and Ralph told me today in critique, I have to be aware of what I'm presenting, and how the audience is going to respond to it. That's what I love about art; everyone responds to it differently. I appreciate your critique. Thank you, and a hug. You're a crazy genius. :)
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