‘Hair raising’ - an exhibition at ICA Jan Jose, is on until march 11. This exhibition features art made of human hair. (via 30gms)
During the past decade, there has been a growing fascination among contemporary artists with all manner of bodily experiences. Increasingly, the body has been used not only as the subject in artwork, but as the medium as well. Menstrual blood, nail clippings and skin have all been used to create works that examine the human body in every possible way. And hair is no exception.
Some other art from human hair:
cloth made from human hair – Memorial Art at Auschwitz
Installation, hand-made shoes of human hair
cotton and human hair weaving
handmade paper from human hair
image is by Lucrecia Troncoso from the exhition ‘hair raising’, Rinse and repeat, 2005, Hair, thread, wire and paint
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There is such an interesting history in working with human hair as a medium. Victorians used human hair in making jewelry, working it like lace or crochet.
wow. this really freaks me out. it’s just plain creepy! interesting, but creepy.
I knew a guy in Sydney that wore a tiny plait of hair from is girlfriend around his neck for luck:)
I’ve seen a bunch of hair art in a museum here in Hamburg, Germany years ago. At some point of time it was ‘hip’ to create flower bouquets and stuff out of hair. Oh, and I also remember some American contemporary artist’s installation at another local museum who formed balls out of her hair each morning after she’d brushed it and placed them in a rectangle on the ground. Weird stuff. But ‘Hair Raising’ is kind of pretty, don’t you think?
I feel like a child, but EWWW. So gross. I am not into this at all. I can usually appreciate art forms of all types, but this gives me the heebee jeebees.
sorry to be soooo immature, but I think I’m going to vomit.
I’m a spinner and a knitter with fairly long hair. I’m pretty sure there is a little of me in every project.
ok, so hair is something i would never really work with(i dont know why, i just dont really see a reason for it) nail clippings, a little gross, and skin(how do they get the skin?….) is a little strabge, but i can understand it, but menstual blood? that just seems disgusting to me. who really wants to work with it? its bad enough, the pain it causes, but to use it in your art? that just has no point to me. nut people have their own opinion, so i guess as long as no one has me work in that medium.
Too bad it has to be human hair. I’ve a cat who could open her own gallery.