Social and Cultural Identities
Unapologetically Black Style
Blaxidermy
Florence Griffith Joyner
1988 Olympics
Description
Collection displays artwork that deconstructs traditional fixtures of beauty as an extension of female identity at the intersection of art and feminism. All of Council’s works deal with gender, from the performance of femininity, to societal expectations, to beauty rituals, to the particular challenges for female “elite, manual laborers,” such as athletes and artists.
"Comprised of two thousand acrylic fingernails painted to emulate the elite runner’s manicure from the 1988 Olympics, the work is one of the artist’s earlier realizations of BLAXIDERMY, as it explores the rituals and perceptions of Black adornment, as well as the complexities of adulation and vilification of celebrities." - Denny Dimin Gallery
Format
Sculpture | 60 in x 40 in x 22 in
Language
English
Type
African American Sculpture
Identifier
FLO-JO
Coverage
1988 Olympics
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Collection Artwork
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Sculpture made from 2000 artist-made replica acrylic fingernails in the shape of an ascending 200m running course. Fingernails were individually hand painted after the manicure that Florence Griffith-Joyner wore during the 1988 Olympics, when she set the 200 m world record. Sculpture is 200m track at 1:100 scale. ]]>2021-10-22T17:33:24-04:00
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Title
Flo Jo World Record Nails
Subject
Social and Cultural Identities
Unapologetically Black Style
Florence Griffith Joyner
Description
2000 acrylic fake fingernails, nail polish, rhinestones, metal, wood
Sculpture made from 2000 artist-made replica acrylic fingernails in the shape of an ascending 200m running course. Fingernails were individually hand painted after the manicure that Florence Griffith-Joyner wore during the 1988 Olympics, when she set the 200 m world record. Sculpture is 200m track at 1:100 scale.