Skyclad series, 2015 | Image from the artist. More at http://getthedirty.blogspot.ca There is nothing more exciting than watching an artist producing amazing and critical work. Sarah's brand of in-your-face, I-don't-give-a-shit-what-you-think work is refreshing and exciting, as she engages in current issues about bodies, sexualities, stereotypes and the struggles of living in a world of inequalities. Coming from a journalist career, her writing is often as sharp as her artw

​​ A Handy Tip for the Easily Distracted, deleted scene from The Future, 2011 | Video from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc57X0j_UwM Feminist artist Miranda July has a magical, awkward and subtle edge to her film and performance work. July has been around for a while, and has achieved artist celebrity statud through her work, and started a movie in 2013 with Lena Dunham and Kirsten Dunst called We Think Alone. My favourite piece by her that I could watch over and over as

Performance Documentation, Homage, Duration 45 minutes, July 2013 at Pioneer Works Brooklyn, NY | Image from https://www.facebook.com/KrisGreyJustinCredible Kristin (Kris Grey/Justin Credible) is a performance artist using his body to highlight the stigma a trans identified person faces. This particular performance, Homage, at the Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, Hid chest has ben pierced along the scars from breast removal surgery, and the blood drips down her body, linking the he

Video trailer of the live performance Tiresias. Filmed on location at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 2010. Running time: 02:37. Total performance: 4-6 hours. | Link from heathercassils.com Heather Cassils explores gender and performance using her body. I first experienced Tiresias, where Heather uses her body to melt a block of ice carved like a solid muscular male chest, her female form emerging through as it melts. The trauma her body experiences with the ice is ev