In Conversation: Catherine Opie
Video (1:05:18): In conversation with Tom King, Catherine Opie discusses her collaboration with performance artist Ron Athey.
Description of the video: ‘Celebrated for her powerful and dynamic photographs documenting members of vibrant subcultures, Catherine Opie has long been searching for what she describes as “that fine art Americana image.” This search led to her collaboration with Ron Athey and the creation of her Trojan Whore series. This series of monumental large-format Polaroid portraits captured Athey’s performance work, which explored desire, sexuality, and trauma through BDSM and extreme body art, bringing Los Angeles’ underground queer scene to the mainstream.
In conversation with Tom King, Associate Professor of English at Brandeis University [Massachusetts, USA], Opie discusses her collaboration with Athey, her interest in probing Americans’ culturally constructed identities, her artistic practice, and her explorations of queer communities.’
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