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A PAGE FROM + FRIEZE no. 151 IN REVIEW november - december 2012 LEIGH LEDARE wiels contemporary art  “Alma (2012) is an image of Leigh Ledare’s mother lying naked on a turquoise floral duvet, legs spread, wearing only high heels and stockings. The photograph has been modified by a child’s scribbles with coloured crayons. That child, the titular Alma, has completely obscured the woman’s vagina… what makes a girl instinctively want to eliminate the genitals and face of Ledare’s mother? What role does the child play for the artist?…” 

A PAGE FROM + FRIEZE no. 151

IN REVIEW november - december 2012

LEIGH LEDARE wiels contemporary art 

“Alma (2012) is an image of Leigh Ledare’s mother lying naked on a turquoise floral duvet, legs spread, wearing only high heels and stockings. The photograph has been modified by a child’s scribbles with coloured crayons. That child, the titular Alma, has completely obscured the woman’s vagina… what makes a girl instinctively want to eliminate the genitals and face of Ledare’s mother? What role does the child play for the artist?…” 

m a u r i c e  t a b a r d  A R T I S T  nu a lechelle, 1929

m a u r i c e  t a b a r d  A R T I S T 

nu a lechelle, 1929