Dimensions: support: 294 x 208 mm
Copyright: © Helena Almeida | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is a drawing with pigment by Helena Almeida. The fragmented body parts sketched on the page give a feeling of incompleteness. How do you interpret this work in relation to feminist art? Curator: Almeida consistently explored the representation of the female body, challenging patriarchal artistic traditions. The dismembered limbs and the use of blue pigment can be seen as disrupting conventional depictions of women and speaking to an internalized sense of fragmentation. What does this suggest to you about Almeida's engagement with identity? Editor: It highlights a struggle, perhaps, to define the self against imposed societal expectations. I hadn’t considered how impactful that blue pigment could be. Curator: Exactly. And knowing Almeida often used herself as the model, this work becomes a powerful assertion of female subjectivity. It is a reminder that art is not just about aesthetics, but about social commentary and lived experience. Editor: I see it now. Thanks!
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This is one of thirty-eight drawings in Tate’s collection by Almeida, all of which are rendered in ink, pen and pigment on sheets of off-white A4 paper. Each sheet has four holes punched down one side, and a number of the sheets have drawings on both sides. The images consist of simple line drawings, overlaid with passages of dense pigment. Each depicts the artist’s body in whole or in part. Many detail her hands, often in the act of drawing. Other images show the artist’s legs, arms or torso, or show her performing an action: dragging an unidentifiable mass that is attached to her ankle by a rope, or pushing her prone body up from the floor.
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