MDID - Seen; [image courtesy of the artist and Free Agent Media]

Accession Number:

16_00519

Creator:

Renée Green (American , 1959-)

Creator:

Green, Renée

Classification:

Sculpture and Installations

Course:

Obler AH3165

Culture:

American

Description:

Seen (1990) is one of a series of works Renée Green has carried out focusing on representations of the black female body in western art history (Permitted, 1989, Sa main charmante, 1989, Revue, 1990, etc.). Here she tackles more specifically the figure of Saartjie Baartman, known as the Hottentot Venus, a young African woman who was exhibited like a caged animal at European fairs at the beginning of the 19 th century. [http://artdaily.com/news/33378/First-Retrospective-of-the-Work-of-Ren-e-Green-Opens-at-Mus-e-Cantonal-des-BeauxArts#.Vx6BfpMrIck]

Location:

Milan, Italy - Collection Emi Fontana, (repository)

Material:

mixed media

Measurement:

207 x 207 x 136 cm ()

Object Date:

1990 (creation)

Object Type:

sculpture; installations

Style Period:

Contemporary -

Subject:

Africa; South Africa; Historical figures; Sara-Saartjie Baartman (1789-1815); born of the Gonaquasub group of the Khoikhoi; Fine Arts; Visual; Movements; Concepts; identity-based art discourse; Social Science; Political science; Race; African stereotyping

Technique:

installation; mixed media

Title:

Seen; [image courtesy of the artist and Free Agent Media]

View:

General View: Alternate installation view; Detail of platform and visitor

WorkID:

18530

Identifier:

18530_16_00519.jpg

Collection:

FAAH Collection

Record created:

April 28, 2016

Last modified:

April 28, 2016

Seen; [image courtesy of the artist and Free Agent Media]

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