Angela Ellsworth
seer bonnets - a continuing offense
“Angela ellsworth is an american multidisciplinary artist whose paintings, drawings, installations
and performances explore the female body in its various contexts and constraints.
her work considers subjects such as physical tness, endurance, social ritual, religious tradition,
performance art and american colonial history. ellsworth's 'seer bonnets: a continuing o ense'
(2009-2010) refers to her rejected mormon heritage presented through series of antiquated
pioneer women's bonnets, constructed out of thousands of pearl-tipped corsage pins embedded
into fabric with their points directed inwards. the small, fetish-like objects not only refer to the
tradition of craft work in the home - women's work - but also stand as disembodied memorials
to the lives su ering cruelty, submission and control.”
and performances explore the female body in its various contexts and constraints.
her work considers subjects such as physical tness, endurance, social ritual, religious tradition,
performance art and american colonial history. ellsworth's 'seer bonnets: a continuing o ense'
(2009-2010) refers to her rejected mormon heritage presented through series of antiquated
pioneer women's bonnets, constructed out of thousands of pearl-tipped corsage pins embedded
into fabric with their points directed inwards. the small, fetish-like objects not only refer to the
tradition of craft work in the home - women's work - but also stand as disembodied memorials
to the lives su ering cruelty, submission and control.”
A seer bonnet
Detail of the corsage pins
Full view of a seer bonnet
Installation view
-images by designboom-
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