Kimberly Brooks | The Whole Story

TAYLOR DE CORDOBA

K I M B E R LY B R O O K S The Whole Story

TAYLOR DE CORDOBA

K I M B E R LY B R O O K S The Whole Story

In my series of paintings, “The Whole Story�, I investigate the roles of woman as artists and subjects of the gaze. I appropriate erotic imagery of women in the early twentieth century to target a historical moment when the artist-model relationship was surrounded with sexual myths and Bohemian fantasies. I reverses roles and offer another way of viewing the female body, other than the assumption that such images are directed only to a male spectator. This includes recreating poses using myself and contemporary women as models. Fragmentation reflects the historical glorification of womens body parts into elected zones of pleasure, while simultaneously interrupting the fluid trajectory of the male gaze.

By assuming the role of the artist (and model) and recontextualizing these images, I place women as spectator, resituating control over the female image within a feminist representation.

I strive to advance the process; to explore the way viewing itself reinstates female power, becoming objects of her own vision. When even today there exists cultures who cover their women from head to toe, and others where flaunting is a right, notions of voyeurism, objectification and empowerment become even more relevant.

Kimberly Brooks Venice, 2006

Whole Story Oil on Linen 3” x 3” (x16), 2006

Thinking of You Oil on Linen 12” x 12’’ (x2), 2006

Mom’s Friend Oil on Linen 12”x12”, 2006

Mom’s Friend II Oil on Linen 12”x12”, 2006

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KIMBERLY BROOKS The Whole Story Printed in California All Images Š Kimberly Brooks First Edition, October 28, 2013 Los Angeles, California All rights reserved. All images contained in this book are the sole property of Kimberly Brooks. No part of this publication may be duplicated or transmitted in any form without prior written consent from Taylor de Cordoba. Displaying such material without prior permission is a violation of the international copyright laws.

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