Photo taken from Loving Care performance, 1993
Loving Care, 1993
Loving Care was a performance piece that featured Antoni getting down on her hands and knees and painting an entire floor in hair dye, using her own hair as a paintbrush. Though the meaning of the piece is subjective, one can detect themes of feminism, a love/hate relationship with beauty or beautification processes, determination, and simply the presence of the human body in art.
Lick and Lather, 7 soap and 7 chocolate self-portrait busts, 1993
Process and the presence of the human body are two themes that seem to run through Antoni's work. In Lick and Lather, she alters the familiar process of creating a self-portrait by licking the chocolate busts and washing with the soap busts until details begin to be worn away. Again, a love/hate relationship with body image can be seen, as Antoni slowly erases herself from her work.
Saddle, Full rawhide, 2000
In Saddle, the presence of human body is obvious in the shape of the cowhide, yet the piece is hollow, transparent. It's as if a ghost dwells withing the hide, the sentiment of death echoing the death of the cow that was necessary in order to create the work.
Moor, Handmade rope made by materials donated to the artist by friends and family, 290 feet, 2001
Moor, 2001
Antoni spinning fibers for Moor
Moor is an excellent example of Antoni's focus on the artistic process. The massive rope is made of materials donated from her family and friends, all spun together by the artist. The piece seems to be about connections: the connections between the artist and the people in her life, the connections between her and the feminine tradition of spinning, and finally the connections between stages of life, of history.
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