Cheryl Dongen | Craft | Gag

Curator: Dalia Levin
May 20, 2000 - Aug, 12, 2000

Craft, video, 1994, 13:30 min
Donegan eats her way layer by iconic layer through a white bread and KRAFT American Cheese sandwich – crafting hearts, stars, faces and bunnies as she goes. Through a strategic use of close-ups and an aggressive rock n’roll soundtrack, Donegan ironically probes the auto-eroticism inherent in the production and consumption of the “art object” in contemporary America.

Gag, video, 1981, 8:44 min
In Gag, Donegan sits, hands behind her back, clutching a baguette between her knees. She chews and swallows the bread until only a stub remains.

Head, video, 1993, 2:49 min
The tape records a direct performance action: Donegan unplugs the spout of a plastic container; a stream of milk spurts out. She catches the liquid in her mouth, swallows it, dribbles it back into the mouth of the container, licks the spout. As a culminating gesture, she spits the liquid against the backdrop, creating a kind of irreverent Action Painting.

(From the EAI website)

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