When thinking along the lines of altering the female body for artistic subversion, a whole range of feminist artistic practices come to mind, particularly those of female artists creating body art during the height of second wave feminism.
Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Glass on Body Imprints–face), 1972
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© Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, Courtesy Galerie LeLong
Hannah Wilke, S.O.S Starification Object Series, 1974-82
© 2017 Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt – Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive, Los Angeles
Carolee Schneemann, Body Collage, 1967 (16 mm film on video)
Credit: the artist/Electronic Arts Intermix
Martha Wilson, I Make Up the Image of My Perfection/ I Make Up the Image of My Deformity, 2009
© 2017 Martha Wilson
For a more information on these examples of body art and other feminist art practices, see The Photographer’s Gallery exhibition: Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s: http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/feminist-avant-garde-of-the-1970s
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