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LET HER RAVE

Punching bags made of wedding dresses as feminist fabric art
Let Her Rave sculpture by feminist contemporary artist Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman White Boxing Glove Ruffle
Zoe Buckman Wedding Dress Quilt
Project for Empty Space exhibition by Zoe Buckman
Zoe Buckman Imprison Her Soft Hand White Neon Sign
Zoe Buckman Boxing Gloves Twist
Boxing glove art installation by Zoe Buckman in Newark
Zoe Buckman Veiled Melancholy Vintage Wedding Dress and Boxing Gloves with Bow Feminist Art
Zoe Buckman Let Her Rave Red Neon Sign
Wedding dress boxing glove sculptures mounted
Zoe Buckman Twist Wolfsbane Feminist Art Boxing Gloves
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Zoe Buckman Wakeful Anguish Wedding Dress Boxing Gloves
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Wedding dress boxing glove by Zoe Buckman
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Wedding dress quilt made by Zoe Buckman
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Detail of feminist boxing sculpture by fiber artist Zoe Buckman
Wedding dresses cover boxing gloves in feminist sculpture
Fabric art made from vintage wedding dresses
Zoe Buckman Let Her Rave Feminist Neon
Cluster of boxing gloves with wedding dress details are sculpture by Zoe Buckman
Satin and crystal wedding dress boxing glove sculpture
Let Her Rave neon artwork by Zoe Buckman uses wedding veils
Boxing gloves marry wedding dresses in artist Zoe Buckman's sculpture
Imprison Her Soft Hand Neon Light Ring Zoe Buckman Feminist Art
Pearl and beaded wedding dress boxing glove sculpture
Bow and rosette boxing glove by Zoe Buckman
Contemporary fiber sculpture by feminist artist Zoe Buckman features boxing and weddings
Boxing glove and wedding dress sculpture by Zoe Buckman
Detail of large sculpture featuring boxing gloves and wedding dresses
Zoe Buckman Morning Rose Wedding Dress Boxing Gloves
Let Her Rave feminist sculpture made of neon and wedding veils
Zoe Buckman Feminist Art Punching Bag Boxing
Zoe Buckman Feminist Art Boxing Gloves
Zoe Buckman Feminist Artist Boxing Gloves
Zoe Buckman Feminist Art Heavy Rag Boxing Glove
Zoe Buckman Heavy Rag Feminist Art Installation
Zoe Buckman Feminist Art Boxing Gloves

Let Her Rave is both inspired by and a response to a line in Keats’ Ode on Melancholy. Though she has been a long time Keats’ admirer, the artist was unable to resolve the problematic implications of the stanza ‘Or if thy mistress some rich anger shows/ Imprison her soft hand, and let her rave/ And feed deep, deep upon her peerless eyes.’ She uses her discontent with this particular element as a departure for general critique on how society has come to view women, both in a historical and contemporary context. By outfitting bunches of boxing gloves in reconstituted wedding dress fabric, Buckman explores the complex aggressions that women face each day. Her use of seemingly discordant textures- ‘tough’ materials such as rough metal with soft ‘feminine’ fabrics, further speaks to this idea, as well as the idea that not only can women be both ‘feminine’ and ‘ferocious’, but that women must be that way.

CHAMP
The Standard, Hollywood
Hollywood, CA
February 27, 2018 – February 2020

 

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