The artwork features a collage of three black and white photographs depicting nude female figures, framed by handwritten text. The visual elements include stark contrasts between the light and dark tones, with the figures prominently positioned in the center. The subject matter explores the human form, while the artistic style blends photographic and textual elements in an abstract, conceptual manner. Contextually, the piece may address themes of objectification, gender, and the relationship between text and image in contemporary art. ...
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. ...
