Jill Greenberg | 'Glass Ceiling' | CLAMPART NYC June 16-Aug 19, 2011
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From the CLAMPART website:
Departing from her daring and experimental portraiture, Jill Greenberg returns to her interest in feminist art with ‘Glass Ceiling’, a series in which she depicts female athletes and dancers underwater engaged in a variety of ambiguous and dynamic movements. The women wear colorful bathing suits and high heels in complimentary hues, forcing one to question how and why these models are immersed.
Inspired by a commercial assignment that involved Olympic atheletes in stilettos, Greenberg was struck by the absurdity of the styling. The shoes, meant to heighten sexually, restrict movement and impose a lack of control. The tension of the models surfacing for gasps of air while wrestling with the weight of the water acts as a metaphor for the role women must play in the outside world.
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