Alexis Hunter

Approach to Fear: Masculinisation of Society Exorcise, 197725 x 101cmPrice on Request

Details

Material

10 vintage colour photographs, mounted on 2 panels

Description

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This contemporary artwork utilizes a series of minimalist black and white photographs to depict the fluid motion of the human body. The vibrant purple hues and sharp angles create a striking visual contrast, emphasizing the subject's powerful physicality and dynamic movements. The artist skillfully captures the graceful yet intense bodily expressions, inviting the viewer to contemplate the interplay between strength and vulnerability. Through this conceptual piece, the artist seems to explore the human form as a canvas for artistic expression, challenging traditional notions of representation and the boundaries of the body. ...

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Artist

Alexis Hunter

1948, New Zealand

Alexis Hunter used photography as a means of weaponizing feminist theory, critiquing and subverting the objectification of the female body and radically reappropriating it as a site for political activism. Hunter often depicted male bodies in the same manner as sexist depictions of women in advertising and media in the 1970s, and pioneered a technique of photographic sequential narrative, using photographs and text to make radical, provocative storyboards. Through gender roleplay and the use of fetishised objects as props, Hunter disrupted normative, entrenched dynamics of power and challenged the exploitation of gender stereotypes aimed at generating profit, a symptom of consumer capitalism. As well as displaying a legacy of radical feminism and its evolutions, viewing Hunter’s work today shows the artist’s anger, bravery and innovation in the face of a misogynistic society. ...