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Sarajevo Miami Remix, 2004
Esther Schipper, Art Statements, Art Basel Miami Beach
Paris, London, Turin, Miami
Boiree, plywood, 4 quartz clocks
165 x 37 x 3cm
People are too quick to claim misogyny. one should be able to iconically combine
women and violence without a presumption of desire ... Or using the obvious presumption
of desire in order to move beyond it. Granted, in your film you have a woman shrouded
in nihilistic solitude (her own vessel, her own self-reflection) ... Out of it, she
is struck down by a vehicle; out of it, she is destroyed as a mother; out of it,
she is used as a sexual object; out of it, she is left lifeless (silenced, she is
left within it). Yeah, on the surface this is misogynistic ... But at this point
in history, it is easy enough to move beyond this ... What is the indicator? The
duck is transcendent, as is the plushie, the rainbow spectacle, even the dog, suggests
transcendence. And clearly the commentator locks us into an interpretation outside
of desire. (Arfus Greenwood)
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