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Dept. of culture

the yin, the yang, and the man who gave birth to a mural

June 26, 2008  4:37 pm

Lucas

Androgyny and hyper-femininity weave in and out of fashion, but Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic science fiction novel “The Left Hand of Darkness” depicts a universe where the inhabitants go one step further and change genders every lunar cycle. With Le Guin in mind, curators Sarvia Jasso and Yasmine Dubois of New York’s Project gallery have gathered a group of 15 artists who freely scramble gender boundaries. Included is a sculpture by Sarah Lucas of a rusty bed frame, pantyhose, and bucket, arranged to mimic male and female genitals. And Michael Bilsborough has created—or, as he puts it, “given birth” to a mural: “Born full-grown, like the goddess Athena, he is already 11 feet tall and much smarter and better looking than his father.”

—Ana Finel Honigman

Photo: Sarah Lucas, “Man Versus Human Nature,” 2005. Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, New York and Sadie Coles HQ, London

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