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i went to see Karla Black talking about her work at Outpost. It was
really interesting for me as she touched on many issues that I have
felt touched by by. The main one was the slight sense of
embarrassment at producing what could be seen as 'womens work' -
intuitive work, soft sculpture, work about emotions, anything related
to childbirth. She remembered seeing Mary Kelly's work and saying to
a friend "kill me if I ever produce anything like that!" yet now she
finds the work quite interesting. It seems that my generation has a
desire/repulsion relationship with 60's femenism and it worries me
that the repulsion could win. I was thinking about this in relation
to the comment you made about Vannessa Beecroft. I remember reading a
comment somewhere that her work was all about power - she does seem
to step into a powerful male arena. There was a performance in New
York fairly recently that parodied her work but I cant remember who
it was by.

have to mop the floor now
Becky