Gestures

by Hannah Wilke

Artist Hannah Wilke (USA, 1940 - 1993)

Alternate Title

Gester

Date1974

Medium16 mm film transferred to digital video, b/w, sound

Dimensions35:30 min

ClassificationMoving Images

Credit LinePurchase 2012

Countries

United States

Object NumberMOM/2012/121

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkHannah Wilke began as a sculptor. She played around with materials, used play dough, chewing-gum, latex or lint from tumble-dried textiles, and often organised them in series. She also worked with photography, performance and various forms of self-portraits. In the film Gestures, Wilke uses her own face, kneads and pulls the skin, sculpting it into touched-up, “female” expressions and poses as in beauty products advertisements.
Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Objekt och kroppar i vila och rörelse (den 26 september 2015 - den 12 juni 2016) Moderna Museet Malmö

Works by the artist