Self-portrait
Alexis Hunter. Self-portrait, 1977.
Description:
One of the most prominent feminist artists operating in the 1970s, Alexis Hunter often employs herself within her works. Typically including a hand whose actions spell out a narrative, this self-portrait is a comparatively rare example of the artist using her body as the subject. The lines which split the figure and hide her modesty echo the divisive, chronological approach employed throughout Hunter’s oeuvre, heavily informed by the filmic development of narrative. Taken while she hitchhiked across the USA, this self-portrait captures Hunter during her time researching for a review of feminist art in America which she had been commissioned to write for feminist magazine Spare Rib.
Medium:
Photography
Tags:
USA, photography, self-portrait, feminism, camera, mirror, Spare Rib, San Francisco
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