This is Janine Antoni’s performance, “Loving Care”. 

She painted the floor with her hair and hair dye, imitating Abstract Expressionist paintings in a way. As she painted the floor, she pushed the viewers to be out of the room. She mentioned that it was from the memory of her childhood; whenever her mother was dying her hair, she asked Antoni to be out of the room. And the dye product that she used to performance is the specific brand that her mother always uses.

Also, I think this is a very successful feminism art piece. There is a criticism with Abstract Expressionism being a masculine action. She is very smart to use her hair and the hair dye product, which are associated with women’s obsession to have beautiful hair to mimic the Abstract Expressionism. I wish that I could have been there during the performance. I admire her works for being both personal and critical. 

-Sarah Lee 

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