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I am my own muse
A century of women in photography, 30 April - 18 June 2022

I am my own muse: A century of women in photography

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I am my own muse, A century of women in photography

The works in    I am my own muse leverage the body as a political tool that reclaims gender equality, eroticism and women’s place in art history. Fashion, theater, performance and archival revisions are some of the strategies used to transgress hegemonic visions of the feminine.

Sophie Taeuber-Arp | Diane Arbus | Barbara Astman | Claude Cahun | Michelle Forsyth | Dorothea Lange | Sondra Meszaros | Lisette Model | Sarah Moon

 

I am my own muse, on view April 30 - June 18, 2022 at Corkin Gallery, brings together the work of women artists who look to themselves and other women as a means of social commentary. Issues of gender, identity, beauty, and fashion are explored over the span of the last century, as contemporary artists are presented alongside pioneers of the photographic art form.

 

The exhibition examines women’s relationship with the body from formal to conceptual. Spanning self-portraits of Barbara Astman, Michelle Forsyth, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp to staged and altered images of Claude Cahun and Sondra Meszaros, these photographs leverage the body as a political tool that reclaims gender equality, eroticism and women’s place in art history. Fashion, theater, performance and archival revisions are some of the strategies used to transgress hegemonic visions of the feminine. Photographs by Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, Lisette Model, and Sarah Moon complete the exhibition.

 

I am my own muse draws from Oroma Elewa’s paraphrasing of Frida Kahlo – “I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.”

  

 

 

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Works
  • Sondra Meszaros, Pink Perch, 2021
    Sondra Meszaros, Pink Perch, 2021
  • Michelle Forsyth, Improvisation 1: Yellow Pants 2, 2020
    Michelle Forsyth, Improvisation 1: Yellow Pants 2, 2020
  • Michelle Forsyth, Improvisation 1: Yellow Pants 1, 2020
    Michelle Forsyth, Improvisation 1: Yellow Pants 1, 2020
  • Michelle Forsyth, Orange/Green/Purple Stack, 2020
    Michelle Forsyth, Orange/Green/Purple Stack, 2020
  • Michelle Forsyth, Grey Objects, 2016
    Michelle Forsyth, Grey Objects, 2016
  • Sondra Meszaros, strange spot #109, 2018-2019
    Sondra Meszaros, strange spot #109, 2018-2019
  • Sondra Meszaros, strange spot #84, 2018-2019
    Sondra Meszaros, strange spot #84, 2018-2019
  • Sondra Meszaros, strange spot #42, 2018-2019
    Sondra Meszaros, strange spot #42, 2018-2019
  • Barbara Astman, Untitled, 1978
    Barbara Astman, Untitled, 1978
  • Sondra Meszaros, Damned #10, 2019
    Sondra Meszaros, Damned #10, 2019
  • Sondra Meszaros, Damned #1, 2019
    Sondra Meszaros, Damned #1, 2019
  • Barbara Astman, Untitled, 1978-79
    Barbara Astman, Untitled, 1978-79
  • Barbara Astman, Untitled, 1978-79
    Barbara Astman, Untitled, 1978-79
  • Barbara Astman, Untitled (Ian), 1978-79
    Barbara Astman, Untitled (Ian), 1978-79
  • Barbara Astman, Untitled (Nancy), 1978-1979
    Barbara Astman, Untitled (Nancy), 1978-1979
  • Barbara Astman, #10, 1994-1995
    Barbara Astman, #10, 1994-1995
  • Barbara Astman, Untitled, I was thinking about you..., 1979
    Barbara Astman, Untitled, I was thinking about you..., 1979
  • Barbara Astman, Untitled , 1981
    Barbara Astman, Untitled , 1981
  • Barbara Astman, Doll Piece, 1973
    Barbara Astman, Doll Piece, 1973
  • Michelle Forsyth, Improvisation 3: Herringbone Jacket #1, 2021
    Michelle Forsyth, Improvisation 3: Herringbone Jacket #1, 2021
  • Michelle Forsyth, Improvisation 3: Herringbone Jacket #5 (reversed), 2021
    Michelle Forsyth, Improvisation 3: Herringbone Jacket #5 (reversed), 2021
  • Dorothea Lange, Mended Stockings, San Francisco, 1934
    Dorothea Lange, Mended Stockings, San Francisco, 1934
  • Sondra Meszaros, strange spot #70, 2018-2019
    Sondra Meszaros, strange spot #70, 2018-2019
  • Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp derrière sa tête Dada, 1920
    Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp derrière sa tête Dada, 1920
  • Barbara Astman, Dancing with Che #9, 2002
    Barbara Astman, Dancing with Che #9, 2002
  • Claude Cahun, Objet sous globe de verre, c.1936
    Claude Cahun, Objet sous globe de verre, c.1936
  • Sarah Moon, Fashion #9 (Yohji Yamamoto), 1997
    Sarah Moon, Fashion #9 (Yohji Yamamoto), 1997
  • Diane Arbus, A Puerto Rican Housewife, NYC, 1963
    Diane Arbus, A Puerto Rican Housewife, NYC, 1963
  • Lisette Model, Nice (Flowered Dress), Promenade des Anglais, 1934
    Lisette Model, Nice (Flowered Dress), Promenade des Anglais, 1934
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Events
  • Corkin Talks: I am my own muse

    Corkin Talks: I am my own muse

    Exhibition Roundtable 25 May 2022
    Executive Director of the International Center of Photography in New York, David Little, will be in conversation with artists Barbara Astman, Michelle Forsyth, and Sondra Meszaros. To celebrate our current exhibition, I am my own muse, the group will discuss the trajectory of women in photography over the past century. Please join us for this in person event. Book your spot now as capacity is limited. This event is part of the 26th edition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto. Visionary artist Barbara Astman has pioneered feminist...
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  • Sophie Taeuber-Arp

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