1973-Fruit
of my Womb
1973
'Fruit of my Womb (Strawberries and Cream)' Ingredients:
Fiberglass body cast, wax strawberries, lace and wooden
table. |
Penny
and 'Fruit of my Womb' sculpture, reproduced Knave Magazine
1973. "When infant sexuality becomes adult sexuality,
when oral sexuality changes to genital…a lot of people
are still trapped in one or the other." |
- 'Pandora's
Box (Pregnant with her own myth)'
- The
warm damp forest,
- Where seeds are planted,
- Everything
grows.
- Ingredients: Life cast of pregnant woman in fiberglass,
hinged and opening
- on more life casts.
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'Mouthpieces'
- Ingredients: wav life, casts of mouths and mixed media.
All from my solo exhibit 'Opening', Angela Flowers Gallery,
London, 1973.
- "Whereas
the surrealists showed little interest in feminine
fantasy, 'Opening' showed us how powerfully a woman
is able to transform surrealism." Laura Mulvey,
Spare Rib Magazine.
- "The
sculptured objects and images are very vital, I
think, partly because as well as being the instigator
Penny is also prepared to be the subject. She cannot
work dispassionately and doesn't like turning people
into objects, so when she needs a model for a life
cast or a photograph, it is either herself or someone
with whom she has an emotional link or at least
a sympathy. In most cases she is the subject and
she adorns herself with objects or images which
she hopes will make her emotional predicament as
obvious as her physical appearance. I believe that
her determination will in the end lead her to contribute
very significantly to areas of human understanding
which have received insufficient attention until
now."
- Evan
Duff, Guardian, 1973.
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