February 17
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Performance and installation artist Eleanor Antin enjoys using metaphors and allegory. In her 2001-2002 series “The Last Days of Pompeii” she created a series of images that portray recreate Pompeii as an allegory for America’s own greed, lust and over-consumption. To some extent women in America are treated more as visual commodities, in the advertising business, in Hollywood and even in relationships.
Eleanor Antin - The Artist’s Studio - 2001.
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