Janine
Antoni is a well-known artist. She specializes mostly in sculpture, photography
and performance art. Janine was
born on January 1954, on Freeport, Bahamas. Janine received her bachelors from Sarah Lawrence College in
New York. Eventually she went to receive her MFA from the Rhode Island School
of Design. She turned simple activities such as eating, bathing and sleeping
into art.
In
the segment “Love and Desire” explains how the artist builds and umbilical cord
using many materials called the “Moor”. The artist tries to keep a record of
everything to show how the materials made its way to the umbilical cord. The
artist states it has family members clothing as part of it. All materials are
broken down and turned to some kind of rope to keep connecting and making the
umbilical cord longer. This artwork is constantly changing since she keeps
adding materials of people involved in her life.
The
artwork “2038” shows a cow drinking from a bathtub while Janine is taking a
bath. It looks like the cow is nursing the artist and they have a special
relationship together. The reason it is called “2038” is because that’s the
number the cow is tagged with in the ear. I find this very unique since is not
everyday a person takes a bath and lets cows drink from the bathtub and make it
look normal.
In
conclusion, Janine Antoni has her own way on pursuing art. “Moor” really got my attention since she
returned back home in the Bahamas for inspiration. This artist is the example
of art is different and changing with time. In “2038” the artist just took a bath while cows came and
drank from her bathtub. This is something I have not seen before.
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