Karen LeCoq and Nancy Youdelman, Womanhouse (Leah’s Room), 1972
Tag: mirror
NAN GOLDIN, At the Bar: Toon, C, and So, Bangkok, Cibachrome print mounted on board, 9 ½ x 42 in. (74.9 x 106.7 cm.), Executed in 1992.
Rebecca Horn, Miroir du Lac (Mirror of the Lake), 2004, iron, mirrors, lamp, slide projector, slide, motor mirrors
FRANCIS BACON, Portrait of George Dyer Staring Into a Mirror, 1967, oil on canvas
Francesca Woodman, A woman. A mirror. A woman is a mirror for a man, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975–1978/1997–1999 © George and Betty Woodman, New York / SAMMLUNG VERBUND, Vienna
Gina Pane, Psyché [Psyche], 1974
“The word psyche has two meanings; firstly, the human soul, and secondly, from Greek mythology, the name of the ravishingly beautiful daughter of the King of Crete, who is always portrayed with butterfly wings and is worshipped by Eros. A psyché is a cheval glass; a full-length swivelling mirror.
In the tape Psyche (in some texts it is referred to as Psyché), Pane is inspecting herself in a large mirror (a psyché?), and is using make-up to draw an image of her face on that mirror. With a razor blade, she cuts herself just below her eyebrows. Then she goes and stands against a grid, holding a bunch of downy feathers in her hands. With the razor blade, she cuts a cross in the skin around her navel. Between these acts of self-mutilation, she plays with tenni balls, licks her breasts and caresses her body with the feathers. However, these moments never last long. Ritual torture always plays the lead in this ceremony of cleansing. In Psyche, the artist proves herself to be as vulnerable as the mythological King’s daughter with her butterfly wings.”
—LIMA
Ana Mendieta, “Mirage 1,” 1974. Super-8 colour, silent film transferred to DVD. Running time: 3 minutes, 15 seconds.
vs.
Joan Jonas, ‘Mirror performance IV’, 1969, Wilkinson
Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Silueta Series), 1979
vs.
Joan Jonas, Mirror Piece I, performance, 1969
Ana Mendieta, “Mirage 1,” 1974. Super-8 colour, silent film transferred to DVD. Running time: 3 minutes, 15 seconds. Copyright Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection. Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York and Alison Jacques Gallery, London.
Louise Bourgeois
Arched Figure
1999
Francesca Woodman, Untitled from “Providence”
Little Bristling Soul 