Anu Põder
Tongues
| Artist: | Anu Põder (1947 - 2013) |
| Title: | Tongues |
| Date: | 1998 |
| Technique: Material: |
soap, aluminium |
| Description: | The conceptual relationship between soap and language can be found in a combination of bodily and linguistic games, in a chain of associations. In the Western world these associations can be found in cultural mythology, familiar to us all, e.g. Pilate washing his hands of guilt etc. In mass culture soap has become a common word referring to a cultural phenomenon, a best-seller or a TV series. At the same time we could consider soap as an intimate and ritualistic companion that belongs to everyday life. Washing is a sensual bodily action during which the soap reacts to the skin and excretions of the body, touching the most hidden surfaces. In the case of Põder, who has for years been connected to Surrealist wrenches and Pop Art's absurd language games and forms, soap has expectedly been transformed into a shape of cow's tongue, or other any anatomical fragment that at first sight might seem slightly cruel. Juta Kivimäe |
| Exhibition history: | 2017 Kumu exhibition Anu Põder. Be Fragile! Be Brave! |
| Related categories: | Contemporary Art |
| Copyright notice: | Art Museum of Estonia |
| AME collection: | Sculpture collection |
| Collection number: | S 1740/1-15 |
| Accretion number: | EKM j 49069/1-15 |
| File info: |
Source type: digital photography File type: TIF File size: 85.61MB Resolution: 7343*4074px @ 300dpi |
