On beauty culture, its entanglement with capitalism, its contradictions and its pleasures #disobedientbodies
WE NEED A REVOLUTION “When beauty is expanded beyond a shallow physical understanding, it has the potential to be the source of immense pleasure. It has the potential to transform the world Indeed, it reminds us that beauty is ‘an absolute necessity … not a privilege or an indulgence… not even a quest … it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for’… #disobedientbodies
WE NEED A REVOLUTION “When beauty is expanded beyond a shallow physical understanding, it has the potential to be the source of immense pleasure. It has the potential to transform the world Indeed, it reminds us that beauty is ‘an absolute necessity … not a privilege or an indulgence… not even a quest … it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for’… #disobedientbodies
WE NEED A REVOLUTION “When beauty is expanded beyond a shallow physical understanding, it has the potential to be the source of immense pleasure. It has the potential to transform the world Indeed, it reminds us that beauty is ‘an absolute necessity … not a privilege or an indulgence… not even a quest … it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for’… #disobedientbodies
WE NEED A REVOLUTION “When beauty is expanded beyond a shallow physical understanding, it has the potential to be the source of immense pleasure. It has the potential to transform the world Indeed, it reminds us that beauty is ‘an absolute necessity … not a privilege or an indulgence… not even a quest … it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for’… #disobedientbodies
WE NEED A REVOLUTION “When beauty is expanded beyond a shallow physical understanding, it has the potential to be the source of immense pleasure. It has the potential to transform the world Indeed, it reminds us that beauty is ‘an absolute necessity … not a privilege or an indulgence… not even a quest … it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for’… #disobedientbodies
WE NEED A REVOLUTION “When beauty is expanded beyond a shallow physical understanding, it has the potential to be the source of immense pleasure. It has the potential to transform the world Indeed, it reminds us that beauty is ‘an absolute necessity … not a privilege or an indulgence… not even a quest … it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for’… #disobedientbodies
WE NEED A REVOLUTION “When beauty is expanded beyond a shallow physical understanding, it has the potential to be the source of immense pleasure. It has the potential to transform the world Indeed, it reminds us that beauty is ‘an absolute necessity … not a privilege or an indulgence… not even a quest … it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for’… #disobedientbodies
WE NEED A REVOLUTION “When beauty is expanded beyond a shallow physical understanding, it has the potential to be the source of immense pleasure. It has the potential to transform the world Indeed, it reminds us that beauty is ‘an absolute necessity … not a privilege or an indulgence… not even a quest … it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for’… #disobedientbodies
On beauty. ~The emphasis we place on our appearances seems to be increasing ~Not performing beauty being perceived as a moral failure ~Considering beauty not as a passive thing that women “are” – a designation that can be given or withheld, but beauty as something that you “do” – beauty as a verb ! In convo @heres.hoping.podcast #disobedientbodies
Over Our Heads the Hollow Seas Closed Up, The Unknown Dead Strange Fruit What an honour be on the board of Hugh Lane @thehughlane Dublins public contemporary art gallery, the oldest extant 20th century public modern art gallery in the world I came back to Dublin for today’s board meeting and took the opportunity to visit Brian McGuires new exhibition La Grande Illusion. I walked in and within moments was in floods of tears…I wasn’t ready for the images, the Mediterranean paintings I found particularly haunting I am an inherently politicised person, I’ve never been interested in making something for the aesthetics of it alone, while I appreciate aesthetics, what motivates my own work, and the work of artists that most moves me most is work that challenges the injustices upon which our “civilisation” has been built. I’m also a big fan of abstraction, so the suggestive nature of Brian’s work exerts a far more potent and powerful force than a more explicit image would on me. Gosh I’m somewhat overcome…what’s happening to our brothers and sisters in the Mediterranean Sea is really one of the great crimes of our time (and there are many). This exhibition was a huge reminder of that to me. Go and see it, it’s hauntingly beautiful and incredibly important 🩵 Very mad seeing Don’t Touch My Hair just chillin there in Modern Irish Writing & Poetry Extremely fitting that the gallery faces the Garden of Remembrance – dedicated ‘to all those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish freedom’. Peep the statue as well which is based on the legend of the Children of Lir, in which four children are transformed into swans and remain so for 900 years before becoming human again. A poem by Liam Mac Uistin is inscribed on the wall behind the sculpture and concludes: ‘O generations of freedom remember us, the generations of the vision.’ 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Over Our Heads the Hollow Seas Closed Up, The Unknown Dead Strange Fruit What an honour be on the board of Hugh Lane @thehughlane Dublins public contemporary art gallery, the oldest extant 20th century public modern art gallery in the world I came back to Dublin for today’s board meeting and took the opportunity to visit Brian McGuires new exhibition La Grande Illusion. I walked in and within moments was in floods of tears…I wasn’t ready for the images, the Mediterranean paintings I found particularly haunting I am an inherently politicised person, I’ve never been interested in making something for the aesthetics of it alone, while I appreciate aesthetics, what motivates my own work, and the work of artists that most moves me most is work that challenges the injustices upon which our “civilisation” has been built. I’m also a big fan of abstraction, so the suggestive nature of Brian’s work exerts a far more potent and powerful force than a more explicit image would on me. Gosh I’m somewhat overcome…what’s happening to our brothers and sisters in the Mediterranean Sea is really one of the great crimes of our time (and there are many). This exhibition was a huge reminder of that to me. Go and see it, it’s hauntingly beautiful and incredibly important 🩵 Very mad seeing Don’t Touch My Hair just chillin there in Modern Irish Writing & Poetry Extremely fitting that the gallery faces the Garden of Remembrance – dedicated ‘to all those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish freedom’. Peep the statue as well which is based on the legend of the Children of Lir, in which four children are transformed into swans and remain so for 900 years before becoming human again. A poem by Liam Mac Uistin is inscribed on the wall behind the sculpture and concludes: ‘O generations of freedom remember us, the generations of the vision.’ 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
OMG @skyarts salon was pure craic !!! Performances were 🔥🔥🔥 company 💯. Florence you were a dream – thank you for a beautiful supremely thoughtful session in a fairytale setting ~ mind blowing to see my research and ideas translated into Italian. I remember when I was doing my BA in African Studies how many people told me that wasn’t a real subject ✌🏽 as I said it’s always so affirming to look out and see natural hair in the audience when I’m talking about Don’t Touch My Hair in particular or Non mi Toccare i Capelli. It was a beautiful event. Thank you ! Seeing this book continue to travel is 🥹 So much new work coming too, can’t wait to share 💜 2025 keep sweeting me pls
