FLO-JO World Record Nails
Dublin Core
Title
FLO-JO World Record Nails
Subject
Social and Cultural Identities
Unapologetically Black Style
Blaxidermy
Florence Griffith Joyner
1988 Olympics
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.
Creator
Artist: Pamela Council
Date
2012 | 2020
Rights
Collection archived at the request of the artist.
Relation
"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
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Collection Artwork
Files
Collection
Reference
FLO-JO World Record Nails, Artist: Pamela Council, 2012 | 2020
Cite As
Artist: Pamela Council, “FLO-JO World Record Nails,” REPOSITORY, accessed March 26, 2023, https://artlibrarydeco.omeka.net/items/show/51.
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