80 Backs

80 Backs by Magdalena Abakanowicz

What’s the significance of the Magdalena Abakanowicz sculpture 80 Backs?

– Sacred space
– Different figures – all with the same form
– 80 Backs and zero heads

Flowers-on-Body from the Silueta series by Ana Mendieta

Flowers on Body (Silueta series) by Ana Mendieta

How does Ana Mendieta’s Flowers on Body both subvert and epitomize feminist art?

– Outsider gets inside the earth
– Culture and nature without gender
– Breaking binaries and boundaries

Object- Luncheon in Fur--Meret-Oppenheim

Object – Luncheon in Fur by Meret Oppenheim

How did the sculpture Object – Luncheon in Fur impact the art world?

– The MOMA’s broken glass ceiling
– Object – Luncheon in Fur: a rarity among men
– Give that lady a break (for a decade)

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