janine antoni

momme, 1995

coddle, 1999

caryatid (crackled green glaze over red oxide on an ovoid bodied vase with a truncated neck), 2003

bridle, 2000

loving care, 1993
performance with loving care hair dye natural black

mortar and pestle, 1999

2038, 2000

lick & lather, 1993
two busts: one chocolate and one soap

butterfly kisses, 1996-99
cover girl thick lash mascara


slumber, 1993
performance with loom, yarn, bed, nightgown, eeg machine and artist' rem reading

saddle, 2000
full raw hide; cast of artist's body

tear, 2008

if i die before i wake (mother's hand meets daughter's hand in prayer), 2004


conduit, 2009


'by measure, i mean the way that i understand or relate to the world. it is a constant effort for me to be in my body. contemporary culture has had a severing effect. our exploitation of the environment is just an extension of how we exploit our own bodies. it is very easy to treat one’s own body like a machine, or as a mere vehicle of the mind. emotions are first felt within the physical body, but because of our mental fear of dealing with our emotions, we cut ourselves off from the body. i think our memories are held in our bodies, and they get locked in there. sometimes the only way to retrieve them is through the body. the more I listen to the way my body reacts to the world, the more it changes the way I live my life. i guess i have come to trust my body more than my mind because it doesn’t play tricks on me.' --janine antoni