Object of Desire photographs of pregnant women by Teri Hylton The photographs addresses women reclai

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Object of Desirephotographs of pregnant women
by Teri HyltonThe photographs addresses women
reclaiming their sexual Icon images with the
tradition of the patriarchal society.
Visual Politics Gender Issue
Imagery Cultural Sources Pregnant Women

• Artist Statement
• Pregnant women challenge the object of desire and
  concept of women being a container their bodies
  being used for their sexual organ to contain
  the fetus (Teri Hylton, 2001)

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Medical Medical Documentary Photographs of
Herself

• Artists Statement
• The artworks question and give rise to
  complications of the legal and illegal drug for
  the bodily causes
• It focuses on the use of legally prescribed
  tablets for the Hyper Thyroxine condition to
  regulate hormone balance in my body and the
  requirement of the drug cannabis to assist the
  balance of the hormone balance and the hyper
  energy of the prescribed tablets.

Subject matter Female health drugs
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Findings

• These artists cultural values beliefs were
  strongly influenced by their parents and
  childhood
• These artists have a more global perspectives of
  culture than their parents
• They were concerned about social cultural
  issues and expressed them in their artwork.
• They used visual imagery and symbolism to
  explore, create and represent their cultural
  identities.
• They like to live and work in London

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Contemporary artworks as sites for identity
research

• Identity
• Artistic Identity
• Proliferation of Identities
• Globalisation of Culture
• Identity and Place
• Artworks as Research Data