Central Saint Martin’s graduate Anna Friemoth builds on her 10 Commandments self-portrait series with a sharp new body of satirical work, Words for Women; currently showing at Gallery 151. If you’ve ever pondered the inanity of labels like ‘Sugar Tits’, or ‘Butter Face’, the American artist’s literal portraits will be viewed with a wry smile.
2011’s 10 Commandments — with their two-fingers to Biblical statutes — are on show here too, alongside some miscellaneous pieces from Friemoth’s collected works; all united in mischievousness. Arm Candy; Butter Face; Golddigger; Handmaiden; Pushover; Sugar Tits; Wallflower; and Trophy Wife are the eight Words for Women, explored in visual verbatim by the artist … their absurdity laid bare by Friemoth’s candid portraiture.
Sugar Tits, 2015 (Words for Women series)
24 x 34 inches / 60 x 86 cm
archival print on Hahnemuhle paper
Butter Face, 2015 (Words for Women series)
24 x 34 inches / 60 x 86 cm
archival print on Hahnemuhle paper
Keep the Sabbath Day Holy, 2011
(10 Commandments series)
24 x 34 inches / 60 x 86 cm
archival print on Hahnemuhle paper
Honor Your Father and Mother, 2011
(10 Commandments series)
24 x 34 inches / 60 x 86 cm
archival print on Hahnemuhle paper
Jae-Hee and Clementine, 2015,
17 x 24 inches / 43 x 60 cm.
archival print on Hahnemuhle paper
Amelia, 2015,
17 x 24 inches / 43 x 60 cm.
archival print on Hahnemuhle paper
Handmaiden, 2015 (Words for Women series)
24 x 34 inches / 60 x 86 cm
archival print on Hahnemuhle paper
Golddigger, 2015 (Words for Women series)
24 x 34 inches / 60 x 86 cm
archival print on Hahnemuhle paper
All images courtesy of the artist and Gallery 151
