Eileen Myles on Francesca Woodman from american old woman Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 3 min 53 sec
✓ Published: 02-Jun-2020

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“The mirror is white as the skin of the woman. To take off your clothes is to be like paper.” In this short video, the iconic American poet Eileen Myles reflects on works by American photographer Francesca Woodman (1958-1981), who here is “merging with all the female bodies in art history.” “You want to throw yourself against it as soft as you can,” Myles says. nn“Francesca Woodman marginalises her flesh in the modelled interior wall of an old building,” Myles begins. She is