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Illma Gore is an australian-american artist, born March 2nd, 1992, who lives and works in Los Angeles. As a gender fluid feminist performance and street artist, Gores work is based around political topics and the physical self, the significance and importance we place on our bodies.
“From an early age it became evident that everything I did was juxtaposing; the first lesson I learned as a child was not to draw on the walls, but all I saw was a big blank canvas.”[1] - Illma Gore
Works
Illma Gore rose to prominence in 2013 with her work Marriage Equality when she used her skin to broadcast a message – ‘my shirt didn't match my rights’[2] – by riding topless through Brisbane in response to Tony Abbott’s comments demeaning same-sex marriage.[3]
In 2015, she launched another project, Human Canvas[4] which allowed people to use her body as a medium, by sending her names and messages that she tattooed onto her body to create a one of a kind original art piece that could not be sold in a gallery or recreated it is currently being finished and has 3,000 strangers stories, including marriage proposals, love letters, and remembering lost loved ones. It is a long term project only exhibited every 5 years where the artist will stand naked in a gallery for a month so that people can watch as the art ages and eventually fades away.[5]
She was inspired to paint Donald Trump in early 2016, after he won the New Hampshire primaries: Make America Great Again[6] was created to evoke a reaction from its audience, good or bad, about the significance we place on our physical selves. One should not feel emasculated by their penis size or vagina, as it does not define who you are. Your genitals do not define your gender, your power, or your status.[7] For sharing this artwork in a social media platform the artist was banned temporarily as a reaction she decided to make the work publicly available and free for changes for everybody.[8]
External Links
References
- ↑ http://www.inenart.eu/?p=20616
- ↑ http://lipmag.com/culture/women-go-topless-for-equal-rights/
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/14/tony-abbott-gay-marriage-fashion
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jan/20/illma-gore-artist-body-tattoos-strangers-names
- ↑ http://www.inenart.eu/?p=20616
- ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-1.702986
- ↑ http://hyperallergic.com/282740/drawing-of-donald-trump-with-a-micropenis-might-get-artist-banned-for-life-from-facebook-nsfw/
- ↑ http://www.inenart.eu/?p=20531
