Butterfly, Kinke Kooi, 1997

acrylic (plastic), h 504mm × w 740mm More details
© Kinke Kooi

Kinke Kooi’s motivation is often shame: she shows body parts which, as a woman, she was taught should remain hidden. Here she responds to the dominant visual language and its one-sided representation of femininity, which she calls ‘visual starvation.’ Kooi has drawn fine halos around her armpits. They join with her pose to form the silhouette of a butterfly.