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Bride’s Cake Series

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Working on the body of work on food and eroticism that was shown in my 1973 Opening exhibition at the Angela Flowers Gallery, I wanted to create myself as a wedding cake/bride as an art piece presented as a photographic series. I designed and made a construction/costume which I could wear/sit in. It had a removable slice so I could mimic the ceremonial cutting of the cake. It was both parody of a wedding ritual, and recreation from a woman’s point of view.

I posed alone and with a man friend of mine playing the part of the groom, and then my girlfriend acting the part, dressed in a suit. A knife and a life cast of a penis (dildo) were used interchangeably.

From the series I created a Bride’s Book as a facsimile of the traditional wedding album, but much more radical and outrageous in its use of imagery. I collaged various elements, both onto and into the photographs and on the surrounding album page. I printed up a number of the photographs at different sizes and made collages with selected images on various related themes.

  • Between the Girls

    Color photograph 16 x 12 inches 1973

  • A Rose for the Bride

    Color photograph 16 x 12 inches 1973

  • The First Slice

    Black and white photograph on paper 16 x 12 inches 1973

  • Rosebud

    Black and white photograph collage on paper 16 x 12 inches 1973

  • Promised a Bed of Roses

    Black and white photograph collage on paper 16 x 12 inches 1973

  • Consider The Lillies

    Black and white photograph collage on paper 16 x 12 inches 1973

  • Eat Me

    Black and white photograph collage on paper 16 x 12 inches 1973

  • ICU

    Black and white photograph collage on paper 16 x 12 inches 1973

  • All Seeing I

    Black and white photograph collage on paper 16 x 12 inches 1973

  • Jane in Marriage

    Photographic collage on card 18 x 12 inches 1973

  • Bride's Book cover

    Hand bound book with satin, lace, photos and collage 16.25 x 12.75 inches 1973

  • Brides Book: Page 1_2

  • Brides Book: Page 3_4

  • Brides Book: Page 5_6

  • Brides Book: Page 7_8

  • Brides Book: Page 9_10

  • Brides Book: Page 11_12

  • Brides Book: Page 13_14

  • Brides Book: Page 15_16

  • Brides Book: Page 17_18

  • Brides Book: Page 19_20

  • Brides Book: Page 21_22

  • Brides Book: page-23

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