2019
Performance and Installation
Performer: Veronica Coffie
Materials: canvas、heaters、spotlights
Performance Location: Pratt Institute
 
行為和空間裝置
表演者: Veronica Coffie
媒材: 畫布、加熱器、聚光燈
地點: Pratt Institute

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“Beautiful” Painting is a performance piece set in an art school space during winter, in a basement at Pratt Institute, where bright sunlight streamed through a large window. A Black female performer, dressed in a swimsuit, lay on a blank canvas as if sunbathing. Her movements were casual and natural—sometimes relaxing, flipping through a book, or scrolling on her phone—but her posture remained elegant, like a model in a magazine.

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Under the spotlight, which mimicked sunlight, she appeared like an artwork in a gallery or a product in an advertisement. The performer had some freedom in choosing her clothing and personal belongings. In this performance, the Black female performer brought Bell Hooks' All About Love into the piece, seemingly engaging with issues surrounding her identity within American society and culture.

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這是一件在藝術學院空間中進行的行為表演作品，一位黑人女性表演者身穿泳裝，躺在空白畫布上進行日光浴，表演者的動作看似日常且隨興，躺著享受陽光、翻閱書籍、滑著手機，但她的姿態優雅的如雜誌中的模特兒。在如陽光的聚光燈照射下，表演者像是畫廊裡的藝術品或是廣告中被拍攝的商品。表演者主動將Bell Hook的《All about Love》帶進作品中，似乎試圖回應自身身分在美國社會文化下的種種議題。

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