Big woman

Andreas SERRANO

Verlag: Torino, Marco Noire, 2000

Beschreibung

Artist's book. In the fall of 1997 I was approached by Laurie Fierstein, a bodybuilder and writer, about an exhibition of women bodybuilders she was co-curating for The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. I said I was interested in participating and Laurie provided me with my first models, Tazzie Colomb and Yolanda Hughes. After that, I continued photographing several more bodybuilders, including seven women who competed in "The 10th Annual Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic". My interest in these women is one of curiosity and amazement. I pay tribute to them, much like the Greeks who admired the male physique in search of an aesthetic ideal. I am also fascinated by the notions of "masculinity and femininity" and "power and sex" these women embody and dispel. To some, these pictures are intriguing, to others threatening. Ultimately, they reveal as much about our attitudes sex and gender as they do about the women themselves. (Andres Serrano May 1999). 92 pp; 36 full-page color illustrations; 34x24,5 cm. Biographical notes, exhibition history, bibliography. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5155-Cpgrfor

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Big woman

Verlag: Torino, Marco Noire

Erscheinungsdatum: 2000

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very good

Auflage: 1000 ex. First edition.