Ana Mendieta, Sweating Blood, November 1973
Tag: saintly vibes
Unlike other kinds of addictions, anorexia disguises itself as virtue. The anorexic is a modern-day phrenologist, searching for saintliness and vice in the bone structure of strangers. She is at once insane, dying, and inhumane.
Bonnie Collura, Sleeping Death (Martyr Yellow), 1997, plaster, gauzing, foam, 78×58×51 inches. Courtesy of Basilico Fine Arts.
Michel Journiac, The Virgin Mother, 1982
Damien Hirst
The Martyrdom of Saint James the Lesser, 2002-2003, Nickel plated stainless steel and glass cabinet with medical glassware and various objects, 70 7/8 x 36 7/16 x 10 5/16 in. (180 x 92.5 x 26.2 cm), White Cube
The Martyrdom of Saint James the Greater, 2002 – 2003, 1800 x 925 x 262 mm | 70.9 x 36.4 x 10.4 in, Glass, stainless steel, steel, nickel, brass, rubber, Bunsen burners, blooded sword, wallet, porcelain horse, scallop shells, plastic tubing, laboratory glassware and equipment
The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, 2002-2003, Nickel plated stainless steel and glass cabinet with medical glassware and various objects, 70 7/8 x 36 7/16 x 10 5/16 in. (180 x 92.5 x 26.2 cm), White Cube
The Death of Saint John, 2002-2003, Nickel plated stainless steel and glass cabinet with medical glassware and various objects, 70 7/8 x 36 7/16 x 10 5/16 in. (180 x 92.5 x 26.2 cm), White Cube
The Martyrdom of Saint Peter, 2002-2003, Nickel plated stainless steel and glass cabinet with medical glassware and various objects, 70 7/8 x 36 7/16 x 10 5/16 in. (180 x 92.5 x 26.2 cm), White Cube
The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, 2002-2003, Nickel plated stainless steel and glass cabinet with medical glassware and various objects, 70 7/8 x 36 7/16 x 14 3/16 in. (180 x 92.5 x 36 cm), White Cube
The Suicide of Judas Iscariot, 2002-2003, Black powder coated cabinet with stainless steel back plate, medical glassware and various objects, 94 ½ x 38 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. (240 x 97.5 x 60 cm), White Cube
The Martyrdom of Saint Simon, 2002-2003, Nickel plated stainless steel and glass cabinet with medical glassware and various objects, 70 7/8 x 39 9/16 x 10 5/16 in. (180 x 100.5 x 26.2 cm), White Cube
The Martyrdom of Saint Jude, 2002 – 20031800 x 925 x 262 mm | 70.9 x 36.4 x 10.4 in, Glass, stainless steel, steel, nickel, brass, rubber, Bunsen burner, wooden crucifix, Thermos liners, nails, wooden club with blood and hair, lump hammer, Dymo tape (boxed), bottle stoppers, laboratory glassware and equipment
The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas, 2002 – 2003, 1800 x 925 x 262 mm | 70.9 x 36.4 x 10.4 in, Glass, stainless steel, steel, nickel, brass, rubber, blood, rosary beads, filleting knife, ruler, set square, plastic tubing, wooden rack, blooded roman spears and laboratory glassware
Paul Thek, “Warrior’s Leg,” 1966-67 Wax, metal, leather, and paint in artist’s vitrine
Marcel Duchamp, Torture-morte, 1959, Mouches collées sur plâtre peint, dans boîte en bois et verre, 29,5 x 13,4 x 10,3 cm, Paris, Centre Pompidou.
Urs Fischer, September Song, 2002, polysterene, glue, paint, wire, screw and marker, sculpture: 9 x 23 5/8 x 4in. (23 x 60 x 10cm.)
Tracey Emin, The Leg, 2004, Cprint and plaster cast, Vitrine: 11 ¼ x 35 13/16 x 12 13/16 in. (28.6 x 91 x 32.6 cm
Louise Bourgeois, ‘Cell III’, 1991, marble
Berlinde de Bruyckere, Amputeren zei je 2008 (wooden table, wax, blanket)
Sherrie Levine, 2 Shoes, 1992, brown leather shoes
Jannis Kounellis, Napoli, 1975, shoes, gold paint and paper in a glass and metal vitrine, 36 x 27 x 19in. (91.4 x 70.5 x 50.1cm.)
Sarah Lucas, 1 – 123 – 123 – 12 – 12 1991 Boots with razor blades, size seven Dimensions variable
Paul Thek working on the Tomb Figure, 1967
Among people who reject the mystical state, the only yardstick for measuring the will-to-decreate is sadomasochism
Chris Kraus, Aliens & Anorexia
Little Bristling Soul 