Thursday, July 27, 2017

Sanja Ivekovic, Photographer
Financial Times January 29, 2013, and internet

Sanja Iveković is a Croatian photographer, sculptor and installation artist. Born in 1949 in Zagreb, Croatia, Ivekovic's feminism did her few favours in a society where women were still  primarily expected to be homemakers.   Her work is known to tackle such issues as female identity, media, consumerism, and political strife. Considered to be one of the leading artists from the former Yugoslavia, she continues to inspire many young artists.

In the Video "No End", a woman viewed from the neck down tries on high-heeled shoes compulsively.  Finally, in a stew of confusion, she ends up with a white and a black stiletto on the same foot.  The neurotic jerks as she attempts to stuff one shoe into the other are chilling symptoms of women's failure to live up to the standards of beauty demanded by films and magazines.



Sanja Iveković

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