Jun 20, 2024
This illustration is a visual entry point into the evolving landscape of my work shaped by intuition, research, writing, and curating. I commissioned illustrator Jessica Amoroso to digitally redesign the female portrait captured by the artist Cosima von Bonin in 1990 and showcased in the collection presentation Tomorrow is a Different Day (1980 – Now) at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. The original photograph depicts a female bare torso with the handwritten list of white male artists’ surnames, such as Duchamp, Picabia, Schwitters, Berrocal, Cavaliere, Cesar, Adami, Arakawa, Arman, Baruchello, Bat Yosef, Brecht, Colombo, Krebber, Nespolo, Simonetti, and Spadari.
In this reimagined version, the figure’s body remains outlined, but the names inscribed on her chest and abdomen have been replaced by those of women artists I engaged with during my Research Master’s thesis On Speaking Terms with Feminist Art Curating Through a Global Perspective. These include Beynon, von Bonin, Bul, Dumas, Gaskell, Geiger, Herrera, Kazuko, Lacy, Lawler, Margolles, Saville, White, WS, and Yanagi.
This work is both a tribute to artists’ resilience and a critical gesture—an attempt to reclaim recognition for women artists who have been challenging gender underrepresentation and exclusion in the art world. By transforming von Bonin’s original image, the illustration recenters voices that have long been overlooked, including that of the artist herself.
With this visual extension of my research, I encourage rethinking and rewriting of art history through more egalitarian approaches and inclusive narratives that break away from rigid canons and static definitions.
