Self Portrait/Pervert (1994), followed by Self Portrait/Nursing (2004) both by Catherine Opie.
i have been deeply obsessed with catherine’s work for a minute now, but these two images in particular, side by side, keep echoing in my head the past few days. the more i look and think about them the more i love them. the scarring in the second piece!!! just wow!!! the way that the passage of time is reflected on the body is a huge point of interest for me right now. the blurring of the tattoo, the scarring providing a thread of connection to a former self. the madonna and the whore and what lies in between. one day i will feel more eloquent and write pages and pages about this set of images…but until then i have to at least share them with the void to satisfy myself a tiny bit.
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Drag, gridiron and kids in tutus: America through the lens of Catherine Opie – in pictures
Bo (1994)
Bo was an alter-ego I had for a while, that only worked with that moustache. Back then, me and my friends would put on moustaches and ride our motorcycles to a lesbian bar in LA and we would offer women rides home. Drag was not really that big then – it was in a certain dyke subculture but not in LA – so they were all like, ‘Ahhh, I don’t know what to do with you!’The moustache went through the wash in my jeans pocket and got ruined, so Bo died. That really disturbed my girlfriend. She was like, ‘But I love Bo!’ We later broke up – maybe she liked Bo more than me!
Photograph: Catherine Opie/Regen Projects
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Catherine Opie at Regen Projects, Los Angeles
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Catherine Opie, Raven (Gun), 1989.
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An image of domestic life expressed unresolved longing, Opie’s gallerist said. “Self-Portrait/Cutting,” 1993.
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Catherine Opie
Self-Portrait/Cutting (1993) / Self-Portrait/Pervert (1994) / Self-Portrait/Nursing (2004)
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In Catherine Opie’s “Self-Portrait/Nursing,” her chest bears the scar of an inscription from her days as an S/M practitioner: “Pervert.”
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Sunday Morning. 1989
Photo: Catherine Opie
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Dyke Deck by Catherine Opie
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Gina & April, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Catherine Opie, 1998
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Pam shaving, par Catherine Opie
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Catherine Opie (American,b.1961)
Untitled, 1999
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Untitled #12, Photo by Catherine Opie, 1999
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Catherine Opie
Cathy, desert edge, 1987
1987/2024
Pigment print
9 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (24.8 x 36.8 x 3.8
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