I am my own muse | Corkin Gallery

I am my own muse, a century of women in photography

30 April - 18 June 2022

The works in I am my own muse leverage the body as a political tool that reclaims gender equality, eroticism and women’s place in art history. Fashion, theater, performance and archival revisions are some of the strategies used to transgress hegemonic visions of the feminine.

I am my own muse, on view April 30 - June 18, 2022 at Corkin Gallery, brings together the work of women artists who look to themselves and other women as a means of social commentary. Issues of gender, identity, beauty, and fashion are explored over the span of the last century, as contemporary artists are presented alongside pioneers of the photographic art form.

The exhibition examines women’s relationship with the body from formal to conceptual. Spanning self-portraits of Barbara Astman, Michelle Forsyth, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp to staged and altered images of Claude Cahun and Sondra Meszaros, these photographs leverage the body as a political tool that reclaims gender equality, eroticism and women’s place in art history. Fashion, theater, performance and archival revisions are some of the strategies used to transgress hegemonic visions of the feminine. Photographs by Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, Lisette Model, and Sarah Moon complete the exhibition.

I am my own muse draws from Oroma Elewa’s paraphrasing of Frida Kahlo – “I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.”

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Corkin Talks: I am my own muse

Exhibition Roundtable

25 May 2022

Executive Director of the International Center of Photography in New York, David Little, will be in conversation with artists Barbara Astman, Michelle Forsyth, and Sondra Meszaros. To celebrate our current exhibition, I am my own muse, the group will discuss the trajectory of women in photography over the past century. Please join us for this in person event. Book your spot now as capacity is limited. This event is part of the 26th edition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto. Visionary artist Barbara Astman has pioneered feminist...