a
participatory act in which the artist invites viewers to pick
candy from her own designed camisole. With each candy eaten,
the shape of the structure will disappear to reveal White’s pregnant body. Provoking the viewer to consider alternative forms of
nudity and sexuality in the most unexpected way, the performance will also celebrate a woman’s embracing her own form.
Pretty Offensive’s Trophy comments on the society’s desire of controlling over the woman’s body by stripping it down to a total
abstraction. Combining materials associated with feminine labor
such as yarn, nylon threads and t-pins, the artist suggests a reinterpretation of female sexuality. Looking for Mr. Goodsex, a
series of paintings by Alexander Rubinstein contemplates on the
representation of the female orgasm in porn. Using the 80’s vintage porn movies as her inspiration, the artist romanticizes and
incarnates porn actresses’ faces to capture honest and vulnerable
expressions.[dNASAb] dissects the components of the palpable
flesh and bone physicality. After creating eerie and elusive abstract sculptures combining plastics, reflective metals and mirrors,
the artist photographs them using traditional photography techniques consequently to present sensual and discrete imageries.
Daniel Maidman’s Blue Leah #7 is the outcome of the artist’s devotion for his muse and the dilemma towards depicting his subject matter. Portraying the female anatomy through an intimate
lens, Maidman comments on the artist/muse relationship and the
borders of figurative painting.
Hotter Than July: Eat Your Art Out triggers, provokes and seduces. Warmth of a red velvet fabric and the breeze of a just
poured glass of Champagne; they together can hardly describe
the sensation awaiting at NY Studio Gallery.
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