Janine Antoni, a Bahamian-born conceptual and sculptural artist, works with themes such as architecture, the physical body, and maternity.
The most constant theme of Antoni's work is the use of her body as an art tool. Her hair is the brush, her urine is the patina, and her breast or face is the mold. Sometimes she brings her audience in an uncomfortably intimate to her body, for example in Wean or Conduit. Or her process is uncomfortable like Lick and Lather. For the chocolate bust, she licked and gnawed away the chocolate to form the bust. The process to all four of these works is uncomfortable to a degree. But they also often bring together concepts in an interesting way. In all four of these selected works, Antoni is bringing her body into the architecture. In this way she contrasts natural and man-made, impermanent and permanent, everyday and monumental.
Antoni was born in Fremont, Bahamas and studied at Sarah Lawrence College and Rhode Island School of Design. She has been productive in artmaking for nearly thirty years. She has received many awards and is recognized internationally.
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