Joan Jonas
Joan Jonas is considered to be one of the most influential and important female video and performing artist to emerge from the late 1960's. One of her pieces that i really personally liked is the Juniper Tree exhibition. This exhibition is a sort of 3D scrapbook. It tells the story of the old fairy tale once told by the brothers Grim. It is a story about the different sides women have to show. It is about a malicious stepmother who is jealous about her step son that is going to inherit the families money and land. So she has a girl of her own and then kills her stepson so her daughter could inherit all of the riches. Then through the love of the step son's mother he is resurrected and the step mother is killed.
This exhibition shows and tells the story of the Juniper Tree. It tells the story with different parts of the tail for example it has a box with knives, and that signifies when the boy was killed by his stepmother. He was beheaded while reaching into a box for an apple. The stepmother dropped the heavy box top onto the boy chopping his head off. This is a really interesting piece because it shows the true type of person she is. She is a real feminist and shows it through her work.
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