Tit prints series
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Tit prints series is a provocative body of artwork by Brigid Berlin, a prominent figure in Andy Warhol’s Factory scene, featuring prints made from her own painted breasts that challenge conventional ideas of art and the female body.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork series
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conceptual art ⓘ feminist art ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tit Prints NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artMovement |
Pop art
NERFINISHED
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performance-related art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Andy Warhol’s Factory
NERFINISHED
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Brigid Berlin’s persona as a Warhol superstar ⓘ |
| challenges |
conventional ideas of art
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passive roles assigned to women in art history ⓘ traditional representations of the female body ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Brigid Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
1960s–1970s American counterculture
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New York underground art scene ⓘ |
| depicts | imprints of Brigid Berlin’s breasts ⓘ |
| genre |
body art
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erotic art ⓘ provocative art ⓘ |
| hasForm |
repeated breast impressions
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serial compositions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pop art’s use of repetition and seriality
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performance art experimentation of the 1960s ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfExhibition | galleries exhibiting Warhol Factory–related work ⓘ |
| medium |
body print
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paint on paper ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring boundaries between pornography and fine art
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confrontational engagement with the viewer ⓘ early example of body-based feminist art practices ⓘ humor and shock value ⓘ use of the artist’s own breasts as printing implements ⓘ |
| producedByMethod | pressing painted breasts onto paper or canvas ⓘ |
| reception |
considered controversial
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considered pioneering in body art ⓘ reassessed positively by later feminist art historians ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Andy Warhol’s explorations of celebrity and the body
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Brigid Berlin’s Polaroid photography ⓘ Brigid Berlin’s tape recordings ⓘ |
| theme |
challenge to art world norms
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critique of conventional beauty standards ⓘ female body ⓘ identity ⓘ self-representation ⓘ sexuality ⓘ subversion of traditional portraiture ⓘ |
| uses | painted breasts as printing tool ⓘ |
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