Teresa Serrano, Womb, 1994

Installation image by Daniel Terna

Installation image by Daniel Terna

Installation image by Daniel Terna
Teresa Serrano

Womb, 1994

Iron, mirror, and ceramic
36 x 20 x 19 in
91.4 x 50.8 x 48.3 cm

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Anne C. Chave, in the important critical essay on Minimalism: 'Minimalism and the Rhetoric of Power,' 1990, discusses the industrial, corporate, military, and therefore patriarchal, macho, and capitalist character of...

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Anne C. Chave, in the important critical essay on Minimalism: "Minimalism and the Rhetoric of Power," 1990, discusses the industrial, corporate, military, and therefore patriarchal, macho, and capitalist character of Minimalism with respect to its scale, it's potential for mass production and compliance with government regulations. Right at the same time that this essay was published, Serrano produced sculptures in which she subverted the depersonalized coldness of materials such as steel, iron, or other metals common to Minimalism; but confronted these with the feminine seduction of mirrors and ceramics.

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Exhibitions
2015 Teresa Serrano, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; curator: Berta Sichel (catalogue)
1994 Teresa Serrano. Annina Nosei Gallery, New York

Literature

Yau, John. Teresa Serrano. New York: Annina Nosei Gallery, 1994, p. 15.

Publications
Sichel, Berta. Teresa Serrano, Puebla, Mexico: Museo Amparo, 2015 (illustrated)
Yau, John. Teresa Serrano. New York: Annina Nosei Gallery, 1994, p. 15.

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