This week we will continue our investigation into materiality by looking at a selection of works that engage the body through their use of materials - both directly and via evocation.

1. KVB117 Visual Art Open Studio 1
Week 8: Materiality and the Body

2. Eva HESSE
(German/American
1936–1970)
Tori 1969
Philadephia Museum
of Art, USA

3. Ana MENDIETA
(American 1948 – 1985)
Untitled from the series Silueta, 1978

4. ’MINING’ THE BODY

5. Tim HAWKINSON
(American b.1960)
Bird, 1997
Artist's fingernail pairings, 2 x 2 1/4 x 2 inches

6. MARC QUINN
(British b.1964)
Self (detail)
1991
Blood (artist's), stainless steel, Perspex
and refrigeration equipment
208 x 63 x 63 cm

7. Bee HUGHES
Cycles, 2016-2017
Acrylic and menstrual fluid on hand stitched linen scrolls, installation size variable

8. Kiki SMITH
(American b.1954)
Dowry Cloth
1990
Human hair and sheep’s wool

9. Mona HATOUM
(British-Palestinian b.1952)
Recollection 1995

10. David HAMMONS
(African-American b.1943)
Hair Relaxer
2001

11. EVOKING THE BODY

12. Marc QUINN
Doctor Pangloss 1990
Sculpture Made in bread,
cast in bronze
93h x 199d cms

13. Ann HAMILTON
(American b.1956)
Offerings
1991

14. Jana STERBAK
(Czech-Canadian b.1955)
Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an
Albino Anorectic
1987

15. Adriana VAREJÃO
(Brazilian b.1964)
Tilework with Horizontal
Incision
1999

16. Louise BOURGEOIS
Pregnant Woman 2008
Gouache and colored pencil on
gray paper
31.1 x 25.4 cm

17. Kiki SMITH
(American b.1954)
Digestive System
1986
cast iron
157,5 x 66 x 12,7 cm

18. Thomas RENTMEISTER
(German)
Mr. Clever, 2005
toilet bowl, cistern, Nutella
97 x 69 x 42 cm
Richard HUGHES
(British b.1973)
Roadsider (first of the morning) 2005
resin, 30.5 x 7.9 x 7.9cm

19. Materiality and the body
When looking art works of art (including your own) and reflecting on their material qualities
consider the properties of the material (colour, texture, consistency) and bodily materials that
have similar properties.
For example:
• Liquid materials = bodily fluids
• Doughy materials = flesh
• White or chalky materials = bone
• Linear materials = hair
How does this change the way you interpret or respond to the artwork?
Activity:
For this week’s pre-studio session, please review the 4 images in the Week 8 folder and make
some notes about 1) the way that the materials relate to the human body and 2) What kinds of
forms, affects and ideas are produced by these artists use of materials? Add your notes to your
blog and bring your thoughts to class!

21. Andy WARHOL
(American 1928-1987)
Oxidation Paintings 1977-78
copper metallic pigment and urine on canvas
39.5 x 29 cm

22. Janine ANTONI
(American b.1964)
Saddle, 2000
rawhide
64.8 x 82.6 x 199.4 cm

23. Anne WILSON
(American b.1949)
Lost
1998
cloth, hair, thread, leather
cord, wood chair