Janine Antoni

Loving Care (1993)

Loving Care (1993)

Moor (2001)

Saddle (2000)

Conduit (2009)

2038 (2000)

Moor (2001)

             Janine Antoni is a contemporary artist and was born on January 19th of 1964. Her art pieces are displayed nationally and internationally. She creates her art through performance art, sculpture and photography. Antoni's central focus regarding her artwork is the process, activity, and actions she goes through in order to create her piece. The art can be perceived through a series of events by using natural materials that have multiple uses. Antoni takes into account both form and movement when constructing her art. What I admire most about her art is the way she manipulates her body to develop her finished product. "Loving Care" and "Saddle" are great examples of her body manipulation. I also appreciate Antoni's "Moor" piece because of the way she created it. She asked family and friends to donate any pieces of material they could and wound up receiving interesting items, such as sentimental family pieces. However, my favorite piece in this collection of photos is "2038". What I like most about "2038" is the detail of the tags in the cows ears. As though sending a message about how we have objectified nature. I think some major concepts in Antoni's artwork are natural, regarding nature and the body, and resourceful, using objects she may come across.