Self-deceit, Rome, 1978
Francesca Woodman's portraits transfix the eye as you are all at once charmed and horrified by their Gothic tones. She haunts the frame like The Nightmare of Fuseli. One of the more playful aspects of these images, along with the distorting effects of the long exposure, is the manner Woodman composes the female form. The body still possesses the feminine quality so revered by art standards, but she is unmistakably mocking the serpentine form that consistently connoted the female body as the site of exotic, predatory tendencies. The tense, psychological fragility that caused her images to be so evocative, unfortunately pre-empted her early death by suicide at age twenty-two.
Untitled, New York, 1979
Angel Series, Rome, 1977 - 78
Eel Series, Roma, 1977 - ?
Self-Potrait with Lily, Rome, 1977-78
A new film, The Woodmans, open in Manhattan tomorrow.
Go see it for me.
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