Real Doll, Mimi 4
Martine Gutierrez, American, born 1989
2013
Archival inkjet print
8/10
Image: 8 × 12 1/16 in. (20.3 × 30.6 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 16 1/16 in. (30.5 × 40.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen, by exchange
2014.25.16
Portfolio / Series Title
Real Dolls
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Initialled, on reverse, lower right, in graphite: MG; numbered, on reverse, lower left, in graphite: 8/10
Label
"My authenticity has never been to exist singularly, whether in regard to my gender, my ethnicity, or sexual orientation. My truth thrives in the gray area . . ." —Martine Gutierrez In her Real Dolls series, Gutierrez explores hyperfemininity, sexualization, and gendered violence by dressing as different sex doll characters, each with its own personality. Mimi 1 exhibits vulnerability, submission, and a sense of anxious expectation; she sits with her legs open, back against the wall, splayed on a narrow brass bed. Her smeared lipstick and disheveled clothing imply a loss of control. What does it mean to identify as or present to society as feminine? From the 2023 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 111, Taking Up Space: Forming Body and Identity, curated by Milanne Berg '24, Homma Family Intern
Course History
WGST 65.6, Radical Sexuality: Of Color, Wildness and Fabulosity, Eng-Beng Lim, Winter 2015
WRIT 5, Visual Culture, Aimee Bahng, Winter 2015
WRIT 8, Writing with Media, Kenneth Bauer, Spring 2015
WGSS 10.01, Sex, Gender and Society, Douglas Moody, Winter 2021
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 111, Taking Up Space: Forming Body and Identity, Milanne Berg, Class of 2024, Homma Family Intern, Alvin B.. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 4 March - 22 April, 2023.
About Face: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 23-August 30, 2015.
Provenance
Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2014.
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