Cheryl Donegan

Cheryl Donegan (born 1962) is an American conceptual artist.[1][2]

She is known for her video works, such as Head (1993) and Kiss My Royal Irish Ass (1992), which targeted the cliches of the female body in art and other issues of art politics.[1][3]

Cheryl Donegan was born in New Haven, Connecticut and lives in the New York City. She received a B.F.A. in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and an M.F.A. from Hunter College.[1][2]

Her work has been exhibited in major many institutions around the country and abroad.[2] Donegan was the winner of the Grand Prix, 7th Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Centre pour l’image contemporaine - Saint-Gervais (Geneva).[1]

Works

The Kiss My Royal Irish Ass video shows her mass-producing paintings of shamrock by dipping her buttocks into paint and pressing them to paper.[3]

The video Head shows a woman lapping a stream of milk from a plastic container. This work is perceived as a kick at pornographic images of domination and sexual slavery.[4] Head is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York[5]

The video Tent (1995) shows her erotically undressed painting self-portraits on three large canvasses.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "LECTURE, PERFORMANCE, AND DISCUSSION: CHERYL DONEGAN", at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston website (retrieved January 24, 2014)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cheryl Donegan" at the Artnet
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Cheryl Donegan at Basilico Fine Arts", by Robert Mahoney (retrieved January 24, 2014)
  4. ↑ Collier Schorr, "Cheryl Donegan", Artforum International, Vol. 31, No. 10 (retrieved January 24, 2014)
  5. ↑ "Head". MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

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