About The Image

In this image the male and female figures are so heavily intertwined that one could almost imagine the implication of the female figure “sprouting” from the male. Beyond the obvious biblical implications there is a dramatic social impetus of female and male roles that have originated in one place and become ultimately divergent. ML

Patti Ambrogi

Untitled

1972

Gelatin silver print

26.7 x 19.0 cm

Visual Studies Workshop Collection, Gift of the artist

1981:0104:0007



About the Exhibition

Movement: Selections from the First Decade of the Visual Studies Workshop is an online exhibition showcasing an assortment of over 100 pieces from working artists affiliated with the Visual Studies Workshop in the 1970s. These selected artists demonstrate the early years of a revolutionary new institution. [Read More]


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