Title:
Black Knee
Image:
On watercolor paper
Edition:
Open edition
Size:
20"
x 24"
Date:
2003
Price:
400 Euros, framed
Kaethe
Kauffman
Muscle
Movement Series, Hand-painted Color Photographs
Moving Meditation Series, Digitally-manipulated Photographic Imagery
Rejecting the archetypical objectified representation of women and the privileged
role of the male gaze, Kauffman exposes the body not as a source of desire but
as the originating point of empowerment....The body [is] a metaphor of self-reliance...Details
of the muscles project a dimension of power and confidence. Reminiscent of Michelangelo’s
anatomical sketches, these studies of movements are defined by traces of ink.
Their presence originated as a performative act and articulate a visual vocabulary
in which the represented, the woman, is no longer supplemental to the narrative,
but, by aggressively taking charge, becomes a forceful participant in the production
of meanings.
