Shirley Klinghoffer: Secret Garden, Fertile Ground
February 8, 2011 throughtheflower
Shirley Klinghoffer creates a world in which flowers blossom with vulval impressions, cast-rubber nipples bubble up from a pinkhalf-orb, and a woman’s skirt mutates into a giant black “daisy” whose forbidden fruit is protected by barbed wire. The trappingsof womanhood—whether anatomical, fashion-based, or commercial—are everywhere metamorphosed in this secret garden, afertile feminist paradise.
Shirley Klinghoffer creates a world in which flowers blossom with vulval impressions, cast-rubber nipples bubble up from a pinkhalf-orb, and a woman’s skirt mutates into a gia...
