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Mouthpieces

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For my 1973 Opening exhibition, I created a series of Mouthpieces in 2 dimensions and 3 dimensions.

The 2 dimensional series featured photographs of my own mouth with different elements collaged into them. I wanted to explore the idea of the feminine mouthpiece, the fact that the feminine has not had a voice and now she wants to open wide. She wants to be heard, but not just her words, her feelings, her sensations, want to find a voice.

So I used the tools of surrealism, combining familiar objects in unfamiliar ways, to create a ‘shock of recognition’. I wanted them to be very visceral to elicit a reaction, teetering on the borderline between beauty and queasiness. Often using familiar phrases for the titles, I sought a ‘double take’ from my viewer.

  • I Hear What You Say

    Photo collage, Roland Penrose collection 1973

  • I See What You Mean

    Photo collage, Roland Penrose collection 1973

  • Read My Lips

    Photo collage, Roland Penrose collection 1973

  • Abreast of the Situation

    Photo collage 7 x 9.5 inches 1973

  • Eat My Words

    Photo collage 7 x 9 inches 1973

  • Read My Lips_2

    Photo collage 7.5 x 9.75 inches 1973

  • Giving You Lip

    Photo collage 7.5 x 9.75 inches 1973

  • Licking Her Lips

    Photo collage 7 x 8 inches 1973

  • Her Deep Throat

    Photo collage 7.25 x 9.5 inches 1973

  • I Speak What I See

    Photo collage 10 x 7.75 inches 1973

  • 100 Words a Minute

    Photo collage 7 x 8 inches 1973

  • Conference of the Birds

    Photo Collage 1973

  • Open and Shut Case 1&2

    Photo collage 5.25 x 4.75 inches 1973

  • Dentata

    Photo collage with shark jaw, pearls 11.5 x 12 x 2.5 inches 1973

  • Dentata

    Photo collage with shark jaw, pearls 11.5 x 12 x 2.5 inches 1973

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