Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Looking Around: Jana Sterbak

Sisyphus Sport,  1997

Sisyphus Sport,  1997

Bread Bed, 1996

Distraction, 1995

Uniforme ?, 1991 ?

Inhabitation, 1983

Psi A Slecna (Defence), 1995

Remote Control, 1989

Remote Control, 1989

Arm Cages, 1993
Lady Gaga's  meat dress has me revisiting my files in search of Jana Sterbak, a Czech-born, Canadian artist. She is well known for her Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anoretic made in 1987.  Sterbak addresses  power, struggle, control, frustration, burden, sexuality, and technology through a wide range of materials.  All these images come from her website (except for Uniforme (?)...I am not sure where I got that one from at this moment.)

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