Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Ghada Amer

- born in Cairo, Egypt and then emigrated to the United States at 11
- went to school both in Paris and Nice, France

work:
- deals with sexuality and gender
- objectification of women throughout history as objects for sexual pleasure
- uses thread and fabric as her medium
- uses pornographic images for her figures
- elements of chaos using thread

*When I started to work with thread and fabric and drew female figures, Kate unveiled Ghada to me. She was a key inspiration to my work then and now. She embraces explicit content and creates work that beautifies women while also providing a visual history to women's sexual objectification.





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