Phototherapy: Work on Emotional Eating

© Estate of Jo Spence. Courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery

Phototherapy: Work on Emotional Eating

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Phototherapy: Work on Emotional Eating,

1984

Jo Spence, 1934–1992; born London, UK; active London
2016-20
Spence was a prolific photographer, known for her engagement with socialist and feminist ideas in her work. In 1984 she developed what she called “Phototherapy” in which the fixity of the traditional self-portrait is set aside in favor of “permission to display ‘new’ visual selves to the camera.” Here, the artist’s face is obscured by a veil of pouring sugar, her visage transformed into an open, desirous mouth and extended tongue.

Information

Title
Phototherapy: Work on Emotional Eating
Dates

1984

Maker
Jo Spence
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
91 × 62 cm (35 13/16 × 24 7/16 in.) mount: 103.8 × 73 cm (40 7/8 × 28 3/4 in.) frame: 104.8 × 73.7 × 5.4 cm (41 1/4 × 29 × 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Bagley Wright Fund
Object Number
2016-20
Place Made

Europe, England

Culture
British
Type
chromogenic color prints, color photographs, photographs
Materials
paper (fiber product)
Techniques
color photography
Subject
women, figures (representations), sugar

The artist; [Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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