N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
caption (image above): © Riccardo Angei, from Glue and Souls. I’d like to state, with a certain amount of certainty, that the only thing that sets men and women apart is that we’ll never be able to explain to men what it feels like to be a woman in a men’s world. They know, they empathize,…
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© Sam Taylor-Johnson, Steve Buscemi, from the series Crying Men. Excerpts from the article Masculinity Is Killing Men: The Roots of Men and Trauma, by Kali Holloway, fully available @ alternet.org: If we are honest with ourselves, we have long known that masculinity kills men, in ways both myriad and measurable. While social constructions of…
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Exhibition catalog, 110 × 165 mm, 272 pages, October 2013. A post about a group exhibition themed The Weak Sex – How Art Pictures the New Male, held @ Kunstmuseum Bern from 18.10.2013 to 09.02.2014. © Alexis Hunter, Approach to Fear: XVII: Masculinisation of Society – exorcise 1977. Excerpt from Preface and Acknowledgments Matthias Frehner, Director…
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© Heather Cassils, Day 1, 02-20-10, 2011 © Heather Cassils, Day 140, 07-20-10, 2011. © Heather Cassils “There are two constants in my life: art and exercise. Art started first, then after a serious childhood illness I discovered my body through lifting weights. I am now a visual artist and a personal trainer. My brush…
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all images © Austin Young, from Machine Project, Hammer Museum. “Tranimal…Young’s new endeavor – a collaboration with Squeaky Blonde and Fade-Dra, is infused with the artist’s high voltage underground creative energy. Tranimal is a big and bold project. It incorporates video, photography, and interactive sound design. And its taking performance art to an operatic level.…
Read More© Tarrah Krajnak and Wilka Roig, Object of Investigation (from Hysteria Collection), 2006 © Tarrah Krajnak and Wilka Roig, State 5 (from Hysteria Collection), 2008 “In Hysteria Collection we look back to the beginnings of the representation of women, to the constructed documentation of the sick Victorian woman. This simulated hysterical condition and the constructed…
Read More© Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Backyard dreams #5, 2005 © Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Replenishing, 2003 “Magdalena Campos-Pons works with themes of identity (female and racial), familial ties, and the friction of having a home in Cuba and a home in the United States. Compos-Pons works with 20 x 24 Polaroids that create brilliant in color. She…
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© Lise Sarfati, Gina #23, from the series She, 2005 © Lise Sarfati, Sloane #12, from the series She, 2005 © Lise Sarfati, Christine #04, from the series She, 2005 “The people in Lise Sarfati’s pictures never seem to be doing much of anything. They hang out, smoke cigarettes, sit on their beds, pour themselves…
Read More© Natalia Arias, Venus of Averbury, 2006 © Natalia Arias, Venus of Lenpuque, 2006
Read More© Maritza Molina, Cutting the Pattern, 2009 © Maritza Molina, The test of purity, 2009 Maritza Molina´s work is a self-portrait exploring phases of her life’s encounters, discoveries, and changes. She stages herself in her images, as well as other people and objects. Her artwork derives from a personal experience or standpoint, and reflects how…
Read More© Amalia Caputo, La Casa (de Hestia), from the series La Casa, 2009 © Amalia Caputo, La Casa III, from the series La Casa, 2009 More of Amalia’s work can be seen here
Read More© Helen Chadwick, Wigwam – 5 years, from the series Ego Geometria Sum © Helen Chadwick, Bed – 63/4 years, from the series Ego Geometria Sum More of Helen’s work can be seen here
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© Nazif Topçuoglu, Untitled #6, from the series Offal with girls, 2001 © Nazif Topçuoglu, Untitled #4, from the series Offal with girls, 2001 “The underlying thread in my work is a constant preoccupation with time, memory and loss. I worry about the transience of people and things in general, and try to reconstruct…
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© Risk Hazekamp, Under Influence/Catherine Opie, from the series Under Influence, 2007 © Risk Hazekamp, Superman, from the series Straight from Berlin, 2007 “This tension between the biological and the social -or even aesthetic- is echoed in other new works such as “Superman”. The eponymous logo stencilled onto a female chest mainlines its point…
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