Alexis Hunter

Sexual Warfare, 197342 x 59cmPrice on Request

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Material

collage with newsprint

Description

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This collage-style artwork combines various visual elements to explore the complex and controversial issue of abortion. The composition features a mix of textual and photographic imagery, including protest slogans, newspaper clippings, and personal inscriptions. The overall palette is muted, with the dominant green and red hues creating a sense of tension. The artist has employed a range of techniques, such as layering, cutouts, and handwritten annotations, to convey the multifaceted and politically charged nature of the topic. This piece serves as a thought-provoking commentary on the social and moral debates surrounding women's reproductive rights. ...

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Artist

Alexis Hunter

B.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. ...