I looked at 3 different artists: Marela Zacarías, Aki Sasamoto, and Doreen Garner. These three female artists have a very different and very broad range of expression in their work. Zacarías’s work was associated in the artist’s mind with her own personal pregnancy and the work I watched a video about is dedicated to the expression of history of a place as well as the development of a place. Sasamoto’s work I thought was very surreal and experimental, and it appeared that she would create pieces that she could use to test herself and her capabilities.
Doreen Garner’s work had the strongest impact on me, because it was so visceral, and grounded in the dangers, history, and violence of the past. Her work surrounding the violence done on black women by a white doctor is quite difficult to look at, particularly the performance where she mimics an operation. She also integrates ideas about colonization, and the deadly effects of disease and slavery, in her work.
Links:
Zacarías:
Sasamoto:
Garner:
https://art21.org/watch/new-york-close-up/doreen-garners-invisible-man-tattoo/ https://art21.org/watch/new-york-close-up/doreen-garner-sculpts-our-trauma/