Amanda Kessaris (2001) is a Danish/American multidisciplinary artist who uses her pieces as outlets to investigate gender roles, identity, and her experience of being a girl and woman within different cultures and generations. As she studies how her identities flow into one another, Kessaris experimentally investigates how materials have the...
My work "Reclaim (sculpture)" consists of a metal and armor-like underwear set with hinges that allow the underwear to open and close like gates to the naked female body. The feminine underwear and the more masculine metal work together to create a shield against rape and sexual assault culture. Furthermore, the work allows the wearer to reclaim...
I Amanda Kessaris' performance "Udsmykning" udstilles det absurde ved kropslige trends. Manifesteret gennem kønsbehåring, udsmykket med farverige perler, gavebånd og garn, flyder subjektet ind i en verden, hvor kroppen er noget, man kan af- og påklæde sig. Strømpebukser fungerer som en form for anden udskiftelig hud, der skjuler ansigtet, så det...