Following their solo exhibition of «Z,» an in - depth exploration
of gender ambiguity at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, Rowan Renee will mount a recent series of photographs which puts a microscope on the physical and psychological abuses from incest suffered at the hands of their father, a convicted pedophile who died in prison a little more than five years ago.
The heads exquisitely contain central aspects of Grossman's art: an embrace
of gender ambiguity, an interest in formal contradiction and conflict, a rich sensuality, and an audacious use of leather, a material she became acquainted with through her childhood on a working farm in Oneonta, New York.
Not exact matches
Episode VII may have left some questions as to Luke Skywalker's role in the reshaping
of the galaxy, but the man behind the robe, Mark Hamill, left no
ambiguity about how he feels about
gender roles at Comic Con.
'» On the contrary: Here and elsewhere where the masculine / generic noun na'ar is used (
of Dinah in Gen 34:3, 12;
of young women in the legal texts
of Deut 22:15 - 16, 21, 23 - 29) the context makes quite clear that no
ambiguity of gender is implied by the non-use
of the feminine na'arah.
Outside the Noah - Ham episode (which likely has to do with Ham emasculating his drunken father), the contexts for these other occurrences suggest no
ambiguity of gender (e.g.,
of Abraham pitching his tent in Gen 12:8 and 13:3; and Jacob doing the same in Gen 35:21).
While that version added Tsui's Blues — movie style sexual complications,
gender -
ambiguity and a healthy dose
of cannibalism while minimizing the fighting, this one ramps up the action and throws the whole thing into a 3D - CGI blender.
This teasing
ambiguity of the film's
gender representation may explain why Thailand was chosen as the setting.
The canvas is huge — NYC at the end
of the millennium, ravaged by the AIDS epidemic, Reaganism and homophobia; It covers loss, death, religion, politics, homosexuality,
gender ambiguity, spirituality and on and on and on.
Perhaps bridging the two, Chambers, who identifies as a genderqueer artist, says her acrylic paintings redirect the cultural tendency to organize people by age,
gender, income and other «checked - off boxes» to the unruliness
of the natural world: «I live with enough
ambiguity projected onto me through assigned labels.»
Gender ambiguity is a consistent trait through this series, in some, the viewer is not sure
of the sexuality, in others the feminine features
of the artist are clearly evident.
This «play set» even seems to suggest that the cast
of characters and their settings could be reorganized, creating new narratives that revolve around issues
of oppression and power, race and
gender, and moral
ambiguity.
In this gelatin silver print, Man and Woman, Davidson captures an anonymous couple on the street — the declaration
of their
genders calling into question the
ambiguity of their features, which are ultimately just human.
In addition to the
gender ambiguity that the subjects
of her photographs present, she also explores her own multiple identities through self - portraits in the series, Somnyama Ngonyama.
«Whether drawing and collaging on individual paper panels or creating a mural on the floor - to - ceiling wall, Schliebener combines the additive qualities
of drawing, reductive acts
of cutting, and nuances
of figure and ground to explore the
ambiguities of gender,» notes curator John Chaich.
Employing the medium
of dance, the film explores a number
of conceptual and choreographical
ambiguities, not least the indeterminacies
of identity and
gender implicit in the use
of costumes and masks.
Rail: In a lot
of your paintings the figure's
gender has weird
ambiguity, which is its power.
Barney exposes
ambiguities in our prevailing assumptions about
gender and physical strength through his performance - based media works, and he raises similar issues in his sculptural renderings
of weightlifting equipment, which are cast or coated in tactile materials such as petroleum jelly, wax, and sucrose.
Her multi-faceted practice, which investigates the relationship between architecture, power,
gender, space, surveillance, and control, is translated into works that question the meaning
of making art, the
ambiguity of language, and the limits and possibilities attached to the ideal
of freedom.
Klara's androgynous features, short hair, and simple garb compound the peculiarity
of her smoldering stare, and, as with much
of Peyton's work, if we didn't know the
gender of the subject, it could bend either way; the beauty in the work lies in its compounded sexual
ambiguity.
Trix Rosen's evocative photographs examine individual identity and
gender ambiguity pressing beyond the public and private parameters
of self - liberation.
Embrace the earthy tones
of grey and green to appeal to
gender ambiguity.