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Article: Millie Wilson at Jose Freire. (soft sculpture and installation art) (New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- September 1, 1994
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Millie Wilson constructs objects that reflect stereotypes of lesbianism. Sometimes the objects are presented in installations, at other times as series such as the "Museum of Lesbian Dreams." The 1994 works at Jose Freire all respond to the well-publicized case of Aileen Wuornos, a lesbian who has been sentenced to death for killing seven men while working as a roadside prostitute in Florida. The trial of Wuornos, who claimed that she was in each instance acting in self-defence, was marked by attacks branding her as a man-hating "demon-dyke."
Wilson alludes to Wuornos's case with Warholian detachment, creating campy Pop icons for the Wigstock generation. Daytona ...
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