1) Aliza Shvarts has been performing self-induced miscarriages for the past year. She inseminates herself with anonymous sperm on the 9th-15th day of her menstrual cycle. On the 28th day she then takes an abortifacient and displays the blood that appears. She calls into question the relationship between the form and function of the body. She also brings up the point that on that 28th day how can one know what the blood present represents - miscarriage or period. She states that is in her and the viewer's reading of the act that one can say whether or not a pregnancy insued - it is ambiguous.
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/24559
Although I find this quite distubring, it still kept me wondering about Aliza and her motives. Questions I have about this article are: Is this ART or merely political expression? Or is there no difference between art and political expression? Is this an act of feminism and the right of a woman? What is her goal here? What does she wish to accomplish by doing this act? What about the "naming of the blood" issue? Is it a miscarriage or period? Why does she not call it what it is - an abortion?
2) Although I didn't find anything about this - I was wondering if there were any African American feminist artists? Or Chinese American or whatever-American feminist artists? Are the majority of feminist artists Caucasian? American? British? And from what part of the world are the majority of feminist artists located? Just something I wanted to know more about!
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I think the questions you posed are very interesting, especially "Is this ART or merely political expression?"
Is she using the language of politics and protest to create art? Or is she using the language of art to further her political protest goals?
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