Vagina Dentata
1995
Polychromed Found Wood/ Plywood/ Dowels
13"H x 12"W x 5"D

 


I cannot even begin to tell you what this piece is about.  You may thank Sigmund Freud and Camille Paglia for inspiring the work. I couldn't have dreamed it up on my own.  See Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae. New York: Vintage Books, a Division of Random House, Inc., 1990.

Because of the dual reference to the mythological vagina dentata, and the ancient Medusa head with its writhing snakes, I chose an ancient language for the background -- specifically, the script of ancient Caria, a province in southwestern Asia Minor between Lydia and Lycia. For further illustration and discussion, see Friedrich, Johannes. Extinct Languages. New York: Dorset Press, 1957, 1989.

The work is also known as Virginia Dentata when more appropriate.

 

Exhibition History:
Never publicly exhibited.