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A Housewife’s Ballet: Kirsten Justesen on Domesticity and Art
Posted: April 30, 2016
Category: Feminist Art Movement
Danish artist Kirsten Justesen’s oeuvre highlights her experience navigating her role as a woman and artist.
A photograph shows the nude artist sitting in a metal grocery cart. It is located on a paved road in a flat, empty landscape under a gray, misty sky. Her back to the viewer, the light-skinned, brunette woman holds her raised arms in a wide V-shape, suggesting joy or abandon.